French v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Racine County. Action to recover the damages, costs and charges accruing to the.plaintiff, as owner of certain lots in the city of Milwaukee, from a change made in 1872, pursuant to a city ordinance passed in 1871, in the grade of a street on which such lots front.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Racine County. Action to recover the damages, costs and charges accruing to the.plaintiff, as owner of certain lots in the city of Milwaukee, from a change made in 1872, pursuant to a city ordinance passed in 1871, in the grade of a street on which such lots front. The street had been filled and graded in 1856 in pursuance of an ordinance establishing the grade, passed in 1853; and in 1857 the city laid a stone pavement thereon, and a plank sidewalk in front of and adjoining said lots, and at the expense thereof; and all this was done in pursuance of orders…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
It seems to us there is hardly a question in this case which has not really been considered and decided by this court in former adjudications. The action is brought under the provision of the charter, to recóver damages occasioned to the plaintiff’s property by a change in the grade of the street. There is no dispute about these facts, that the grade of. the street in front of the plaintiff’s lots was first permanently established at about five feet and eight inches above the level of the Milwaukee river as it was in March, 1836; that in 1S56 the street was, by the owner of the lots, pursuant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Goodrich v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
- Church v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- Owens v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
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