Alexander v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, The complaint alleged in substance that the plaintiff was, and for a long time had been the owner in fee simple of lot 180, situate and bordering upon a channel, forming a part of Milwaukee river and Harbor street, near the shore of Lake Michigan, and also of lots 191 and 192, situated upon an island in Said river, bordering upon said channel, west of and opposite to said lot 180, with the right to use and occupy said…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, The complaint alleged in substance that the plaintiff was, and for a long time had been the owner in fee simple of lot 180, situate and bordering upon a channel, forming a part of Milwaukee river and Harbor street, near the shore of Lake Michigan, and also of lots 191 and 192, situated upon an island in Said river, bordering upon said channel, west of and opposite to said lot 180, with the right to use and occupy said channel; that said lots were of the value of twenty thousand dollars, and in addition thereto, the plaintiff had expended the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
According to the settled doctrine of this court, we must certainly take judicial notice of the provisions of the charter of the city of Milwaukee, and the various amendments thereto. They are public acts which need not be pleaded to bring them to the attention of the court. This point being assumed as settled, the case then presented by the complaint would appear to be this :
The appellant is seeking to recover damages, alleged to have been sustained by him in consequence of the city making the harbor improvement, known as the “straight cut,” a work which the city was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hooker v. New-Haven & Northampton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1841
- Emerson v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1833
- Goodall v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1856
- Evansville & Grawfordsville Railroad v. DickIndiana Supreme Court · 1857
- New York & Erie Railroad v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859
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- Sheppard v. Peabody Ins.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
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