Becker v. City of La Crosse
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Orosse-county: 0. B. WymaN, Circuit Judge. Ob. 87, Laws of 1889, authorizes the city of La Orosse to-construct a bridge across the Mississippi river from some-point in the corporate limits to some point in the county of Houston, in the state of Minnesota, opposite the city, with all necessary approaches thereto, and to charge and collect a reasonable rate of toll.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Orosse-county: 0. B. WymaN, Circuit Judge. Ob. 87, Laws of 1889, authorizes the city of La Orosse to-construct a bridge across the Mississippi river from some-point in the corporate limits to some point in the county of Houston, in the state of Minnesota, opposite the city, with all necessary approaches thereto, and to charge and collect a reasonable rate of toll. By ch. 325 of the Special Laws of Minnesota for the year 1889, the city of La,Orosse was authorized to construct and maintain a wagon road commencing at any point on a lawful…
1Opinion of the CourtBardeen, J.
Erom the statement of the facts involved in this litigation, it will be observed that the accident to plaintiff happened on an embankment, some little distance west of the west end of the bridge across the Mississippi river, outside of the corporate limits of the city of La Crosse, and beyond the limits of this state; and it is insisted that the city of La Crosse built and maintained the road in question without any charter or legislative authority from the legislature of this state. It is not claimed that the charter gives the city any authority or power in the premises. The only power…
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