In re Milwaukee Southern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Wakeest D. TaRRAht, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order appointing commissioners in a proceeding to acquire real estate for railway purposes.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Wakeest D. TaRRAht, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order appointing commissioners in a proceeding to acquire real estate for railway purposes. The application states that the petitioner is a duly incorporated railroad corporation under the laws of this state; that it was organized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad for public use from a point in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, thence in a southerly and southwesterly direction to a point on the boundary between the states of AVisconsin and Illinois, thence…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed January 31, 1905:
SiebeckeR, J.
The statute providing for the acquisition •of real estate by railroad corporations for the purposes of their organization prescribes (sec. 1846, Stats. 1898) what shall be stated in the petition for the appointment of commissioners of appraisal. Any person whose estate or interest is affected by the proceedings may show cause against granting the prayer of the petition. After a hearing of the petition the court or judge shall determine “whether the railroad corporation is entitled to take the whole or any part of the land sought to…
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