State ex rel. Neeves v. Supervisors of Wood County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Columbia County. Tbe circuit court for Wood county, upon tbe application and relation of four persons, residents of that county, and residents and land-owners respectively in tbe cities of Grand Eapids and Centraba, in that county, issued an alternative writ of mandamus to the board of supervisors of tbe county, commanding them to maintain as a public highway a certain bridge across tbe Wisconsin river, connecting said two cities, and…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Columbia County. Tbe circuit court for Wood county, upon tbe application and relation of four persons, residents of that county, and residents and land-owners respectively in tbe cities of Grand Eapids and Centraba, in that county, issued an alternative writ of mandamus to the board of supervisors of tbe county, commanding them to maintain as a public highway a certain bridge across tbe Wisconsin river, connecting said two cities, and immediately to repair said bridge, or place it in a safe condition for travel and tbe transportation of merchandise, or show…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The learned cpunsel on both sides, who argued this cause, desired a decision of the main question in it, namely, whether, on the facts stated in the relation and alternative writ, the county of Wood or the cities of Grand Rapids and Centraba were bound to keep in repair the bridge across the Wisconsin river betwden those two cities. Considering the importance of the question to the public, we have felt it *33our duty to pass upon it, though we are not entirely clear that the order refusing to quash the alternative writ is an ap-pealable one under our statute. However that may be, as the point…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Houfe v. Town of FultonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Hill v. . Board of Supervisors of Livingston Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Kittredge v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
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- Pierce v. SeymourWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- State ex rel. Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Janesville Street Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Manning v. City of Devils LakeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1904
- State ex rel. Neeves v. Wood CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
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