Eastern Wisconsin Railway & Light Co. v. Hackett
Wisconsin Supreme Court
'Appeal from, a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Chas. M. Webb, Judge. A suit by the Eastern Wisconsin Railway & Light Company against the city of Oshkosh and the Winnebago Traction Company to enjoin the latter from laying a second track on Main street in the city of Oshkosh and from interfering-with the Eastern Wisconsin Railway & Light Company in the laying of its tracks in said street, in which there were answer, cross-complaint, and counterclaim, .and…
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'Appeal from, a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Chas. M. Webb, Judge. A suit by the Eastern Wisconsin Railway & Light Company against the city of Oshkosh and the Winnebago Traction Company to enjoin the latter from laying a second track on Main street in the city of Oshkosh and from interfering-with the Eastern Wisconsin Railway & Light Company in the laying of its tracks in said street, in which there were answer, cross-complaint, and counterclaim, .and a suit by the city of Oshkosh against the Eastern Wisconsin Railway & Light Company and the Winnebago Traction Company…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbe following opinion was filed March 10, 1908:
TiMxru, J.
Tbe pleadings are unnecessarily voluminous, covering 835 printed pages. Proper practice requires that when suits are consolidated tbe order of consolidation should require tbe title of the cause and tbe pleadings to be amended to conform to the order of consolidation. Tbe practice here pursued of retaining all tbe original and amended pleadings *473in. each action and presenting them to the court as the pleadings in the consolidated action cannot be approved. The ■argument took a very wide range, involving the claims on the part of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Stafford v. Chippewa Valley Electric RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Baltimore v. Baltimore Trust & Guarantee Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Hayes v. City of AppletonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
- Le Feber v. Village of West AllisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
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- City of Madison v. Southern Wisconsin Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
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- Department of Natural Resources v. Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IVWisconsin Supreme Court · 2018
- Wagner v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1922
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