Sloan, Stevens & Morris v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
The plaintiffs, who constitute the law firm of Sloan, Stevens dh Morris, brought their action in this court to recover compensation, quantum meruit, for legal services rendered by members of the firm to the state. The case came before the court on a motion of the plaintiffs for judgment on the complaint and answer, and on a motion of the attorney general to dismiss the complaint.
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The plaintiffs, who constitute the law firm of Sloan, Stevens dh Morris, brought their action in this court to recover compensation, quantum meruit, for legal services rendered by members of the firm to the state. The case came before the court on a motion of the plaintiffs for judgment on the complaint and answer, and on a motion of the attorney general to dismiss the complaint. These motions were submitted ore tenus, at the sitting of the court on the 10th of March, 1881, and were argued together. The complaint alleges that under and by virtue of chapter 46, Laws of 1869, entitled “ an act…
1Opinion of the CourtLxorr, J.
The lands donated to the state by congress to aid in the construction of certain railroads, when accepted by the state, were held by it in trust for the uses and purposes speci-*628fled in the several acts of congress donating the same. Within the limits hereinafter stated, it was the clear duty of the state, thus acting as a trustee, not only to apply the lands and the proceeds thereof to the purposes of the trust, but also to protect the lands from spoliation while the title thereto remained in the state, and to compel persons who had unlawfully taken timber therefrom to re-imburse the trust…
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