Antigo Water Co. v. City of Antigo
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Marathón county: A. II. Reid, Circuit Judge. By ordinance No. 30-]-, approved June 12, 1890, tbe common council of tbe city of Antigo granted W. G. Maxcy tbe right and privilege of erecting, maintaining, and operating a system of waterworks in tbe city of Antigo for a period of thirty years. This right and privilege was duly accepted and assigned to tbe plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Marathón county: A. II. Reid, Circuit Judge. By ordinance No. 30-]-, approved June 12, 1890, tbe common council of tbe city of Antigo granted W. G. Maxcy tbe right and privilege of erecting, maintaining, and operating a system of waterworks in tbe city of Antigo for a period of thirty years. This right and privilege was duly accepted and assigned to tbe plaintiff. Tbe ordinance prescribed requirements as to buildings, tbe plant and machinery, mains and pipes, and tbe establishment and changing of tbe grades of streets. It contained provisions…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckeb, J.
The first question raised presents the inquiry: Is ordinance No. 44 void because Mr. .Humphrey was a stockholder of the Antigo Water Company and a member of the common council of the city of Antigo at the time this ordinance was adopted? The city charter of Antigo-(subch. XIV, ch. 173, Laws of 1887) provides:
“See. 10. No member of the common council shall be a party to, or interested in any job or contract with the city, or any department thereof; and any contract in which such member may be so interested, shall be null and void.”
It is undisputed that Mr. Humphrey was a stockholder of the…
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