Hall v. City of Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Omppewa County. Action for work done by plaintiff under contract with the defendant city, in grading, claying and graveling a street in said city.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Omppewa County. Action for work done by plaintiff under contract with the defendant city, in grading, claying and graveling a street in said city. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the contract between plaintiff and the city (which is not set out in full) was entered into in August, 1874; and that in November, 1874, certificates of said work were issued to plaintiff, which are set out at length, and recite the making of said contract under authority of ch. 169 of 1873, the approval and acceptance of the work by the mayor, street committee and…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
According to the allegations of the complaint, it is very certain that the common council never took the steps prescribed by the city charter, which were essential to make the expense of grading, claying and graveling West street chargeable on the adjoining lots. The charter provides that every resolution for doing such work at the expense of the lots, on being introduced, shall be referred to some appropriate committee, and shall not be adopted sooner than fourteen days from the introduction thereof, nor until ten days after the pro*270ceedings of the council relative thereto, at the meeting at…
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- Allen v. City of JanesvilleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
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