City of Superior v. Roemer
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. E.at Stevbus, Circuit Judge. This action was commenced in Dane county circuit court under sec. 1797 — 16, Stats., to review the proceedings had before the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin and vacate, set aside, and alter that portion of the order of the Railroad Commission providing that the city of Superior, appellant, pay twenty per cent, of the cost of construction of the viaduct and approach over the…
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. E.at Stevbus, Circuit Judge. This action was commenced in Dane county circuit court under sec. 1797 — 16, Stats., to review the proceedings had before the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin and vacate, set aside, and alter that portion of the order of the Railroad Commission providing that the city of Superior, appellant, pay twenty per cent, of the cost of construction of the viaduct and approach over the railroad companies’ yards and tracks on Belknap street in Superior, and to relieve the city of Superior from paying any of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed April 8, 1913 :
KeewiN, J.
The strip of land occupied by the tracks of the railway companies, defendants, is about 1,300 or 1,400 feet wide, running north and south at the westerly side of the business portion of the appellant city, which strip crosses Belknap street', one of the principal thoroughfares of the appellant city. The Great Northern Railway Company, formerly the Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota,.owns the westerly 600 feet of this strip; the Northern Pacific Railway Company owns 600 feet to the east' of and adjoining the strip owned by the Great…
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