Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Co. v. Milwaukee-Northern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ArpmAX from an order of the-circuit court for Milwaukee-county: J. C. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. This is a proceeding commenced by the Milwaukee Light,. Heat & Traction Company, a street railway corporation, to» condemn certain parcels of land in Milwaukee county for a right of way for an interurban line of electric railroad.
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ArpmAX from an order of the-circuit court for Milwaukee-county: J. C. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. This is a proceeding commenced by the Milwaukee Light,. Heat & Traction Company, a street railway corporation, to» condemn certain parcels of land in Milwaukee county for a right of way for an interurban line of electric railroad. The-proposed line commences in the city of Milwaukee and runs, north and slightly west for a number of miles in Milwaukee-county, and continues in the same general direction in Ozau-kee county until it reaches the city of Cedarburg in the last-named county. Eour and one-half…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
As appears by the statement of facts, this, is a contest between two corporations each seeking to acquire the same strip of land for railway purposes, the petitioner by condemnation and the respondent by purchase. Both corporations were in form organized under the provisions of ch. 86, Stats. (1898), the purposes of the petitioner, as stated *325in its articles of incorporation, being to construct and operate street railways for tlie carriage of passengers and property in the city of Milwaukee and elsewhere in Wisconsin, and extending its railways into and through villages and towns of the state,…
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