Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission

Appellant contends that by virtue of sec. 6 (3) of ch. 497, Laws of 1939, it is entitled to review of the commission’s order by the circuit court for Lincoln county.

Ch. 497, sec. 2, Laws of 1939, grants authority to the appellant, Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company, to construct, maintain, and operate a system of water reservoirs and waterways “subject to necessary approval by the [public service] commission, and subject to requirements of chapter 31 of the statutes,” and for that purpose to construct and maintain dams. Ch. 31, Stats. 1939, thus referred to, contains detailed provisions…