Town of Polk v. Railroad Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Eat Stevens, Circuit Judge.'
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNes, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to set aside so much of an order of the Railroad Commission as required it to pay ten per cent, of the cost of constructing an overhead crossing over the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company and of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company, which pássed over one of the highways of the plaintiff in such close proximity to each other that but one bridge was required for both. the defendant demurred to the complaint. From an order sustaining the demurrer plaintiff appeals.
The appellant contends (1) that at common law the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- New York & New England Railroad v. BristolSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Selectmen of Norwood v. New York & New England RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Doolittle v. Selectmen of BranfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
- Morris v. City of IndianapolisIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
- State ex rel. Donnelly v. HobeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Railroad CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
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