Legal Opinion
Soo Line Railroad v. City of Neenah
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 1974No. 215PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
day, J.
Sec. 75.65, Stats. 1955 1 now sec. 66.64, is the statutory authority for levying special assessments for sanitary sewer installation against railroad property.
Since 1912 the law of Wisconsin has been that a railroad is subject to special assessments for sewers laid along its right-of-way for benefits derived “in its general relations and apart from its particular use.” Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co. v. Milwaukee (1912), 148 Wis. 39, 44, 133 N. W. 1120. This court in the Chicago Case, page 44, held the predecessor to sec. 75.65, Stats. 1955, ch. 425, Laws of 1903, was an “ ‘express and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Wright v. ForrestalWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
- Bekkedal v. City of ViroquaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1924
- Anger v. Al. G. Barnes Amusement Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1924
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Steinbach v. Green Lake Sanitary DistrictWisconsin Supreme Court · 2006
- Genrich v. City of Rice LakeCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2003
- Molbreak v. Village of Shorewood HillsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
- Preloznik v. City of MadisonCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1983
- Dittberner v. Windsor Sanitary District Number 1Court of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1997
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