Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad v. Eble
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Appeal by tbe defendant in error Eble, from tbe award of commissioners appointed to ascertain tbe value of tbe lands taken by The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad Company for tbe track of its road located across the lands of the defendant in error, and for tbe damages which he bad sustained by reason of the taking of the same.
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ERROR to tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Appeal by tbe defendant in error Eble, from tbe award of commissioners appointed to ascertain tbe value of tbe lands taken by The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad Company for tbe track of its road located across the lands of the defendant in error, and for tbe damages which he bad sustained by reason of the taking of the same. The proceeding was instituted under the charter of the Milwaukee & Waukesha Railroad Company, law's 1847, 194, the name of the company having been changed to the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad Company. The amount of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hubbell, O. J.
This case presents several points of interest, both to the public and to the parties concerned; and it has been examined, with a corresponding degree of care and attention.
*355"While admitting, however, that particular rights may be more important than others, it is not designed to be intimated that the rights and interests of all parties coming before this court for adjudication, are not equally sacred.' The law is the only rule and guide of the court. What the law authorizes or directs, must be enforced, as a legal right. Public and private rights, sanctioned by law, are equal;…
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