State ex rel. Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Janesville Street Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rode County. Mandamus to compel the defendant to construct and maintain a guard wire above its trolley wires at certain points in the city of Janesville. The facts stated in the relation will sufficiently appear from the opinion. The appeal is from an order sustaining a demurrer to the relation and quashing the alternative writ.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rode County. Mandamus to compel the defendant to construct and maintain a guard wire above its trolley wires at certain points in the city of Janesville. The facts stated in the relation will sufficiently appear from the opinion. The appeal is from an order sustaining a demurrer to the relation and quashing the alternative writ. Sec. 7 of the ordinance of the city of Janesville, dated October 10, 1892, and entitled “ An ordinance to regulate the stringing of wires in the city of Janesville,” is as foi lows: “ Whenever it shall be necessary to cross the line…
1Opinion of the CourtOrton, C. J.
This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court sustaining the demurrer of the respondent to *74the relation of the appellant, and quashing the alternative writ of mandamus. The material facts set out in the relation are briefly as follows:
The relator, the telephone company, obtained its right from the state to do business in the city of Janesville, and to erect and maintain poles, cross-arms, and wires over and through the streets, ways, and alleys of said city, and operated telephone wires and erected poles in the streets, ways, and alleys, with the permission, consent, and approval of…
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