Board of Supervisors v. Walbridge
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane Count}'. This action was brought by the Board of Supervisors of Douglas County against Horace S. Walbridge and others, constituting the firm of Walbridge Bros. & Sargcant, the Superior & St. Croix Railroad Company, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and the First National Bank- of Madison.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane Count}'. This action was brought by the Board of Supervisors of Douglas County against Horace S. Walbridge and others, constituting the firm of Walbridge Bros. & Sargcant, the Superior & St. Croix Railroad Company, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and the First National Bank- of Madison. The following statement of tbe facts alleged in the coinplaint is taken from the opinion as originally prepared by Mr. Justice Cole ; a few additional statements, inserted by the reporter, being enclosed in brackets. “It appears that in October, 1871, the board of…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
There are really but two objections taken to the complaint on the demurrer: first, multifariousness, or the improper joinder of several causes of action which are distinct in their nature and do not affect all the defendants; secondly, that the complaint fails to state a cause of action against the defendants, or either of them. These points will be considered in the order in which they are raised by the demurrer.
*188The counsel for the defendants insist that so far as the recovery of the $275,000 bonds in the custody of the First National Bank of Madison, as trustee, is concerned, the defendants…
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