Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat & Power Co. v. City of Menasha
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. Buebell, Circuit Judge. In tbe year 1904 tbe plaintiff was a public-service corporation and was engaged, among other things, in tbe business of furnishing light and electric energy to municipalities and private consumers.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. Buebell, Circuit Judge. In tbe year 1904 tbe plaintiff was a public-service corporation and was engaged, among other things, in tbe business of furnishing light and electric energy to municipalities and private consumers. On March 23d of this year the defendant granted plaintiff a franchise to erect poles and string wires thereon in the city and to furnish electric light and power to those desiring to use same. The franchise specified the rates to be charged for current for incandescent and arc lamps and for power. In…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 3, 1914:
Barn.es, J.
For many years prior to 1907 the plaintiff was a public utility. It did not elect to surrender its franchises and to take in lieu thereof the indeterminate permit provided for by the Public Utilities Law of 1907 (ch. 499), sec. 1797m — 1, Stats., and succeeding sections.
Ch. 596, Laws of 1911, was published and became effective on July 8, 1911. This act in effect provided that any franchises theretofore granted to a public utility by the state or through any of its agencies wras so altered and amended as to *6constitute and be an…
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- Cawker v. MeyerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
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- City of La Crosse v. La Crosse Gas & Electric Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
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