Patten Paper Co. v. Kaukauna Water-Power Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. The following statement, of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice TayloR as a part of the opinion: . This action was brought by the respondents for the purpose of settling their rights in and to a certain water-power on the Fox river, and to restrain some of the appellants from diverting the water of said river from their said power.
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APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. The following statement, of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice TayloR as a part of the opinion: . This action was brought by the respondents for the purpose of settling their rights in and to a certain water-power on the Fox river, and to restrain some of the appellants from diverting the water of said river from their said power. The material facts alleged in the complaint are-the following, viz.: That the Fox river is a public river, and at the place in Question flows in nearly an easterly course-through township No. 21 N, of range 18…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 13, 1887:
Taylob, J.
We do not understand that the learned counsel for the appellants have very seriously contended that their demurrers should be sustained upon the second ground alleged, but they have contented themselves with an endeavor to show, on the part of The Kaukauna Water-Power Company and those joining with them in the demurrer, that the court erred in not sustaining their demurrer on the ground that several causes of action have been improperly united, and, on the part of the Hunts, that no cause of action is stated against them, and that…
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