Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. v. Douglas County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
'Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. Vinje, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from an order overruling the separate demurrers of Douglas county and its county clerk, Washburn county and its county clerk, and W. 0. Orocher and others to the amended complaint.
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'Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. Vinje, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from an order overruling the separate demurrers of Douglas county and its county clerk, Washburn county and its county clerk, and W. 0. Orocher and others to the amended complaint. Among other references the following were cited upon the part of the appellants: Sec. 2, ch. 10, Laws of 1882; ch. 29, Laws of 1883; Strother v. Lucas,, 12 Pet. 410, 454; Fletcher v. Reck, 6 Cranch, 87, 128; Deseret S. Oo. v. Tar-pey, 142 U. S. 241, 12 Sup. Ct. 158; Schulenberg v. Ham-man, 21 Wall. 44; Oalhoun…
1Opinion of the CourtTimlin, J.
The complaint in question sets forth that the plaintiff is a railroad corporation organized on May 25, 1880, by the consolidation as authorized by law of the North Wisconsin Railway Company and the Chicago', St. Paul & Minneapolis Railway Company, which last-named corporations had theretofore been organized and existing railway corporations — the North Wisconsin Railway Company since 1871; that each was organized under and pursuant to the laws of Wisconsin; the legal status of the three counties defendant; the official character of the three county clerks defendant; the corporate character of…
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