Rocheleau v. Consolidated Water Power & Paper Co.

The following opinion was filed January 12, 1926:

Eschweiler, J.(1) Appellants claim that by the language used in the stipulation and order thereon, referred to in the statement of facts, the defendant was foreclosed from disputing that there was a taking of petitioners’ land under the condemnation statutes and that there was properly before the court solely the questions of compensation for and the damages consequent upon a taking. Some of the recitals in the stipulation and order and quoted above, if considered alone, might well support such a claim under the ruling in Fritz v. Southern Wis.…