Wadsworth v. Supervisors
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court"of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin. The facts are stated in the opinion of. the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
delivered'the opinion of the court.
• By an act of the legislature of Wisconsin, approved April 1, 1864, the legal voters of certain counties, among which are the counties of Eau Claire and St. Croix, were authorized to vote upon the subject of municipal aid in the construction of a railroad from Tomáh to Lake St. Croix, by the Tomah and Lake St. Croix Railroad Company,- subsequently called the West Wisconsin- Railway Company.
The act declared that “ if a majority of the ballots cast in any of said counties be for railroad aid, the county board of supervisors of said counties shall have power,…
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