Meinzer v. City of Racine
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Hacine County., The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. There •was a verdict in. favor of the plaintiff, assessing her damages at $1,800. A motion for a new trial was denied, and from the judgment entered on the verdict the- defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtOrton, J.
This action is brought to recover of the defendant damages to the plaintiff’s real property lying adjacent to Twelfth street in said city, occasioned by a deep excavation of, and removal of the earth from, said street. This work is charged with having been illegally done by said city. The. answer makes the sole issue that the city did not so excavate the said street. There is no justification of it by any legal proceedings to grade said street. The'order overruling a demurrer to tbe complaint on the ground that it stated no cause of action was affirmed by this court on appeal (68 Wis. 241),…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Washburn v. Milwaukee & Lake Winnebago RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Driver v. Western Union RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Vilas v. ReynoldsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1858
- Meinzer v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- Simmons v. JohnsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
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