State ex rel. Owen v. Stevenson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Columbia county: Chester A. Eowlee, Circuit Judge. Tbe attorney general petitioned tbe circuit court for Columbia county to issue a writ of mandamus to command tbe county clerk and tbe members of tbe county board of Columbia county to call a special meeting of sucb board pursuant to law to proceed to appropriate tbe amount of $12,000 in part payment of a bridge to be constructed across tbe Wisconsin river, to be raised by…
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Columbia county: Chester A. Eowlee, Circuit Judge. Tbe attorney general petitioned tbe circuit court for Columbia county to issue a writ of mandamus to command tbe county clerk and tbe members of tbe county board of Columbia county to call a special meeting of sucb board pursuant to law to proceed to appropriate tbe amount of $12,000 in part payment of a bridge to be constructed across tbe Wisconsin river, to be raised by appropriation, by tax, or by bond as provided by statute. It appears from tbe petition that tbe village of Prairie du Sac in…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeoxeR, J.
This action is prosecuted by the attorney general on behalf of the people of the state to compel compliance by the authorities of Columbia county with the provisions of sec. 1321a, Stats., as amended by ch. 418, Laws 1915, for the construction of a bridge across the Wisconsin river locatfed by the state highway commission in the town of West Point in Columbia county and the village of Prairie du Sac in Sauk county. Proceedings were taken by petition to the state highway commission by such town and village respectively under the provisions of this statute in September, 1915, asking for a…
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