Heth v. City of Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lao County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “ This action was brought to restrain the city from opening a culvert across Everett.street, on the south line of Second street, and from attempting to carry or drain the waters from the east side of Everett street down along the south line of Second street in front of the property of the plaintiff McDonald.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lao County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “ This action was brought to restrain the city from opening a culvert across Everett.street, on the south line of Second street, and from attempting to carry or drain the waters from the east side of Everett street down along the south line of Second street in front of the property of the plaintiff McDonald. The issues were joined, and the cause tried by the court, which made and filed the following findings: “£ 1. That, the allegations of the bill of. complaint are true. “ ‘ 2. That the…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
Everett street runs north and south. The first street west of it, and parallel with it, is Harney street. Crossing these streets at right angles, or nearly so, are First, Second, Third, and Fourth streets, numbered consecutively from the north towards the south. The plaintiffs, respectively, own lots and reside upon the south side of Second street and between Everett and Harney, — ■ McDonald's lot being the corner lot next to Harney. It appears from the evidence that, from points at a considerable distance south and southeast of the premises in question, the surface of the ground very…
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