Janes v. City of Racine
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of tire circuit court for Bacine county: E. B. BeldeN, Circuit Judge. Action begun November 30, 1912, by a taxpayer to declare void the proceedings already taken by the city of Racine for its acquisition of the plant or property of the Racine Water Company, and to enjoin both the city of Racine and the Racine Water Company from further prosecuting such proceedings and the city of Racine from incurring further expense therein.
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Appeals from a judgment of tire circuit court for Bacine county: E. B. BeldeN, Circuit Judge. Action begun November 30, 1912, by a taxpayer to declare void the proceedings already taken by the city of Racine for its acquisition of the plant or property of the Racine Water Company, and to enjoin both the city of Racine and the Racine Water Company from further prosecuting such proceedings and the city of Racine from incurring further expense therein. On the 20th day of .June, 1908, the Racine Water Company, which had previously operated under a franchise granted to it by the city of Racine on…
1Opinion of the CourtViNJE, J.
Briefly summarized, the material contentions of appellants are: (1) The provisions of ch. 665, Laws of 1907, should have been complied with in acquiring the plant and in submitting the question of the purchase thereof to the voters; (2) the question of acquiring the plant was improperly submitted to the voters, because (a) the city clerk had no authority to frame the question to be submitted, and (b) the question as framed was misleading; (3) the vote was illegal because voting machines were used; (4) the city should have provided a fund for the payment of' the plant before the vote to…
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