State ex rel. Johnson v. County Boards of Supervisors
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Trempealeau county: James Wickham, Judge. Tbe appeal is from an order denying a motion to quasb an alternative writ of mandamus. Tbe Black river is tbe boundary line of La Crosse and Trempealeau counties in tbis state and was crossed by a bridge from tbe town of Caledonia in Trempealeau county to tbe town of Holland in La Crosse county on wbat was known as tbe McGilvary highway.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Trempealeau county: James Wickham, Judge. Tbe appeal is from an order denying a motion to quasb an alternative writ of mandamus. Tbe Black river is tbe boundary line of La Crosse and Trempealeau counties in tbis state and was crossed by a bridge from tbe town of Caledonia in Trempealeau county to tbe town of Holland in La Crosse county on wbat was known as tbe McGilvary highway. Tbis highway connects, among other points, tbe county seats of tbe respective counties. Resident taxpayers of tbe respective towns made demand in October, 1915, upon tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtEschweileb, J.
Tbe court below in tbis matter in effect held that tbe defendant counties were obliged to repair and *419put in fit condition for public travel tbis bridge crossing tbe Black river between the two counties and that they should proportionately pay the expenses thereof, basing his ruling upon the provisions of sec. 1325Í, Stats. 1915, which was created by ch. 565 of the Laws of 1915, and which reads as follows:
“Section 1325i. All public bridges, and the necessary approaches and appurtenances thereto, heretofore constructed across any river, stream or other waters forming the boundary line between…
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