City of Ashland v. Wheeler
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. The defendant was prosecuted for wilfully and unlawfully exacting and receiving, as a servant and agent of the Ashland "Water Company, a corporation of the city of Ash-land, from James Anderson, a person whom it was bound to furnish with water for residence purposes in said .city, an amount in excess of the established rates as. fixed by secs. 1, 2,3, and 4 of an ordinance of said city, entitled “An ordinance to establish and…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. The defendant was prosecuted for wilfully and unlawfully exacting and receiving, as a servant and agent of the Ashland "Water Company, a corporation of the city of Ash-land, from James Anderson, a person whom it was bound to furnish with water for residence purposes in said .city, an amount in excess of the established rates as. fixed by secs. 1, 2,3, and 4 of an ordinance of said city, entitled “An ordinance to establish and fix the rate or rates to be charged by the Ashland "Water Company to its consumers under their franchise,” to wit, the…
1Opinion of the CourtPinNet, J.
1. The franchise of the Ashland Water Company to supply the inhabitants of the unincorporated village of Ashland with water, upon the terms stipulated in the original ordinance and the several ordinances amenda-tory thereof, was evidently granted by the supervisors of the town of Ashland, acting apparently under the statutes (secs. 819», 892,1780, S. & B. Ann. Stats.) giving, as therein provided, to town boards of towns containing one or more unincorporated villages having each a population of not less than 1,000 inhabitants, certain powers, as applicable thereto, conferred upon village…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bank of Augusta v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Matter of N.Y. Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- The People v. . the Albany and Vermont Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. Madison Street Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Dullanty v. Town of VaughnWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
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- City of Manitowoc v. Manitowoc & Northern Traction Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co. v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- State ex rel. Rose v. Superior Court of Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Stedman v. City of BerlinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
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