Merrill Railway & Lighting Co. v. City of Merrill
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeae from a judgment of the circuit court for Lincoln' county: W. C. Silveethoekt, Circuit Judge. . The plaintiff company was the owner of and engaged in: operating a street railway and electric lighting business in the city of Merrill.
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Appeae from a judgment of the circuit court for Lincoln' county: W. C. Silveethoekt, Circuit Judge. . The plaintiff company was the owner of and engaged in: operating a street railway and electric lighting business in the city of Merrill. Its power plant having been destroyed,, the individual plaintiffs, Goiter et al., who were principal stockholders, purchased a tract of land with water power appurtenant, and constructed thereon a power plant building, with connection with said water power and with a steam engine, and in May, 1899, rented indefinitely, and in September, 1900, by formal…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
Onr statutes subjecting those engaged in operating street railways, with or without electric lighting and power plants, to a charge graduated upon their gross revenues, in lieu of other taxation, as a part of that scheme contain the provision (subd. 14, sec. 1038) to the effect that upon payment of such license fee “all personal property, franchises, and real estate owned and actually and necessarily used by such person, company, or corporation in the operation of its business, shall be exempt from taxation and other license fees.” Appellants claim that by the clear words of this statute such…
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