Burnham v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county : J. C. Ludwig, Judge. On October 29, 1880, one Michael Rice, with George-Burnham and S. Bryant as sureties, entered into a contract with the city of Milwaukee to build and construct section No 2 of the Menominee special sewerage works, running along Park, South Water, and Oregon streets a distance of about 4,500 feet, according to design 0, mentioned in certain plans and specifications on file in the office of…
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county : J. C. Ludwig, Judge. On October 29, 1880, one Michael Rice, with George-Burnham and S. Bryant as sureties, entered into a contract with the city of Milwaukee to build and construct section No 2 of the Menominee special sewerage works, running along Park, South Water, and Oregon streets a distance of about 4,500 feet, according to design 0, mentioned in certain plans and specifications on file in the office of the board of public works, for $10.92 per lineal foot. Such work was-to be completed on or before June 1, 1881. The…
1Opinion of the CourtBardeen, J.
The record we are called upon to inspect and examine bears the handiwork of ver y many learned and skilful legal artists. The names of six able and competent lawyers appear on the briefs of respondent, and the learned referee informs us “ that the defense of this action has been conducted by four different city attorneys with conspicuous zeal and ability, which would certainly have resulted in a victory for the city if the facts in the case had made such a victory possible.” We are confronted with no less than five briefs of considerable length, which have served to increase our labors with…
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