Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. City of Milwaukee
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP WISCONSIN. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the court.
A petition for a writ of mandamus was brought by the City of Milwaukee in a lower court of the State df Wis consin to compel the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company to pave at its own expense with asphalt upon a concrete foundation that portion of Center Street, called the railway zone, which lies between the tracks and for one foot outside of them. The paving had been specifically ordered on November 8, 1915, by a city ordinance after the city had laid such a pavement on all of the street except the railway'zone. Theretofore the…
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