Shepard v. Milwaukee Gas Light Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL FROM MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURT This .action was commenced before Albert Smith, Esq., a justice of the peace in and for the county of Milwaukee, and the complaint set forth that the plaintiff was in possession of the store, No. 189 East Water street, city of Milwaukee; that said plaintiff was doing business in said store as a merchant; that the defendants were an incorporated company, and by the terms of their charter were authorized to make and sell gas, and were engaged…
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APPEAL FROM MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURT This .action was commenced before Albert Smith, Esq., a justice of the peace in and for the county of Milwaukee, and the complaint set forth that the plaintiff was in possession of the store, No. 189 East Water street, city of Milwaukee; that said plaintiff was doing business in said store as a merchant; that the defendants were an incorporated company, and by the terms of their charter were authorized to make and sell gas, and were engaged in making and selling gas; and that by the terms of a certain contract entered into between the city of Milwaukee and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Smith, J.
The material facts in this case, are as follows : The defendant is a chartered company, or corporation, having the exclusive right to manufacture and sell gas for the purpose of lighting the city of Milwaukee, and the places of business and residences of the inhabitants of saidcity, according to the terms of a contract entered into, originally, between John Lockwood and said city, and in conformity with the duties and obligations resulting from the act of its incorporation.
The plaintiff was a merchant doing business on East "Water street in said city, along which the gas…
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