In re Eastern Wisconsin Railway & Light Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. Bukkell, Circuit Judge. The appellant is an electric railway company operating a street railway from a point near Electric Park in the town of Black Wolf, Winnebago county, Wisconsin, about one and one-half miles south of the city limits of the city of Oshkosh, thence northerly to the city of Oshkosh, through said city and Winnebago county to the city of Neenah.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. Bukkell, Circuit Judge. The appellant is an electric railway company operating a street railway from a point near Electric Park in the town of Black Wolf, Winnebago county, Wisconsin, about one and one-half miles south of the city limits of the city of Oshkosh, thence northerly to the city of Oshkosh, through said city and Winnebago county to the city of Neenah. Respondent is a railroad corporation, and as such is operating an electric interurban railway between the cities of Eond du Lac and Oshkosh. Prior to September…
1Opinion of the CourtEeRwiN, J.
It is undisputed that at the time of the commencement of this proceeding the petitioner was a railroad duly incorporated according to law, and authorized to carry freight and passengers over its road between the cities of Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, and was duly authorized to construct, operate, and maintain an electric interurban railroad between said cities, and avail itself of all the rights and privileges conferred by subd. 6, sec. 1828, Stats. 1898, and ch. 497, Laws of 1905. But it is strenuously maintained on the part of the appellant that the petitioner was not entitled to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Seattle & Montana Railway Co. v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1893
- Matter of Lockport and Buffalo R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- In re St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Wisconsin Central Co. v. KnealeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1891
- Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Cornell UniversityWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
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- State ex rel. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of WisconsinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Jeffery v. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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