Martin v. Fox & Wisconsin Improvement Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The state having accepted a grant of land from the United States to aid in improving the navigation of the Eox and Wisconsin rivers, the governor was authorized by ch. 179, Laws of 1851, to enter into a contract with the plaintiff, Morgan L. Martin, to construct certain portions of said improvement, other portions of which had previously been contracted to other parties; and such contract was accordingly entered into on the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The state having accepted a grant of land from the United States to aid in improving the navigation of the Eox and Wisconsin rivers, the governor was authorized by ch. 179, Laws of 1851, to enter into a contract with the plaintiff, Morgan L. Martin, to construct certain portions of said improvement, other portions of which had previously been contracted to other parties; and such contract was accordingly entered into on the 17th of May, 1851. By an act approved July 6, 1853, (Gen. Laws of 1853, ch. 98), the defendant was incorporated, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
It is objected by the respondent that the finding and decision of the court below cannot be reviewed in this court, because the matters of law and fact have not been properly incorporated in and brought to the *556record by a bill of exceptions. The cause was tried before a referee, who reported to the circuit court the evidence and exceptions taken before him, together with his findings upon questions of law and fact arising in the case. The company— the defendant below — filed exceptions to the report of the referee, which were reviewed by the circuit court on the motion…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pritchard v. HowellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1853
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