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Hewitt v. Town of Grand Chute

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1859PublishedCited by 4 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE ONTAGAMIE CIRCUIT COURT. The complaint in this case is stated in substance as follows : That the said defendant, an organized town of the said county of Outagamie, by an Act of of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, approved on the 10th day of February, A. D. 1854 entitled "An Act to authorize the towns therein named to subscribe for Plank Road Stock/’ was authorized, under the conditions and restrictions therein named, to subscribe through the Board…

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APPEAL PROM THE ONTAGAMIE CIRCUIT COURT. The complaint in this case is stated in substance as follows : That the said defendant, an organized town of the said county of Outagamie, by an Act of of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, approved on the 10th day of February, A. D. 1854 entitled "An Act to authorize the towns therein named to subscribe for Plank Road Stock/’ was authorized, under the conditions and restrictions therein named, to subscribe through the Board of Supervisors thereof, to the^capital stock of the Wolf River Branch of the Winnebago Lake & Fox River Plank Road…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Smith, J.

This is an appeal from the Outa-gamie circuit court, from an order overruling a demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint.

The complaint alleges that the defendant, an organized town of the county of Outagamie, by an act of the legislature of the State of Wisconsin, approved on the 10th day of February, A. D. 1854, entitled “ An act to authorize the towns therein named to subscribe for Plank Road stock,” was authorized, under the conditions and restrictions therein named, to subscribe through the board of supervisors thereof, to the capital stock of the Wolf River Branch of…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Horn v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
  2. State ex rel. Heller v. FuldnerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Veeder v. Town of LimaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
  4. Burleigh v. Town of RochesterU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1881

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