Board of Supervisors v. Mineral Point Railroad
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Iowa County. Chapter 117, Private and Local Acts of 1853, provides that it shall be lawful for any county through which the Mineral Point railroad shall run, “or any town or incorporated city or village in such county, to issue and deliver to said company its bonds, payable to such person or persons, trustees or corporation, or to said company, * * as may be agreed upon by and between the directors of said railroad company and the proper…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Iowa County. Chapter 117, Private and Local Acts of 1853, provides that it shall be lawful for any county through which the Mineral Point railroad shall run, “or any town or incorporated city or village in such county, to issue and deliver to said company its bonds, payable to such person or persons, trustees or corporation, or to said company, * * as may be agreed upon by and between the directors of said railroad company and the proper officers of such county; * * to receive in exchange for such bonds the stock or bonds of said railroad company ; * * but no…
1Opinion of the Court
Dixoít, C. J.
This cause was most ably argued on both sides, and, if time permitted, it would be interest*116ing to pursue and consider many of tlie questions presented and so elaborately discussed by counsel. But time does not permit; and we can examine only such questions as arise and must be determined in disposing of tlie case upon a single principle of law, which we deem applicable to it, and which is decisive of the action. That principle is the principle of estoppel by judgment. We are unanimously of opinion that the decree of the district court of the United States for the district of…
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