Appeal of Black Hawk Land Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an. order of tbe circuit court for Juneau county: James O’Neill, Judge. This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for Juneau county denying the motion of the Blade Hawk Land Company to vacate and set aside an order appointing commissioners of appraisal in condemnation proceedings.
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Appeal from an. order of tbe circuit court for Juneau county: James O’Neill, Judge. This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for Juneau county denying the motion of the Blade Hawk Land Company to vacate and set aside an order appointing commissioners of appraisal in condemnation proceedings. Oh. 462, Laws of 1901, was entitled “An act to authorize William Gunther, A. D. Johnson and A. R. Whitman, their and each of their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to build and maintain a dam across and to improve the navigation of the Wisconsin river above the same, and for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBaxotes, J.
The appellant contends (1) that ch. 462, Laws of 1901, violates sec. 18, art. IV, of the constitution of Wisconsin because the subject of the act is not expressed in the title; (2) that the act of 1901 violates sec. 31, art. IV, of our constitution in that it grants corporate powers and privileges; (3) that the rights conferred by the act in question could not lawfully be assigned to or be exercised by a *249■corporation because of the restriction contained in its fourth .section; (4) that the act is a violation of sec. 1, art. IX, of the .Wisconsin constitution; (5) that the dam in question,…
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