Kaukauna Electric Light Co. v. City of Kaukauna
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeax from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Outa-gamie county: Jonw Goodxawd, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff operates an electric light plant at tbe city of Kaukaunaoccupying tbe streets witb its poles, under a franchise in the form of an ordinance of the city adopted September 5, 1889, which gives it a right to use the streets for the purpose of furnishing both arc and incandescent lights.
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Appeax from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Outa-gamie county: Jonw Goodxawd, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff operates an electric light plant at tbe city of Kaukaunaoccupying tbe streets witb its poles, under a franchise in the form of an ordinance of the city adopted September 5, 1889, which gives it a right to use the streets for the purpose of furnishing both arc and incandescent lights. By the second section the company contracts to furnish the city incandescent electric lights of certain sizes at certain prices; also to furnish certain lights for bridges, fire department, and council room…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed March 11, 1902:
Dodse, J.
The ordinance or contract serving as the basis of the rights of the respective parties in this case is one of a character now become very common in this state, where the city acts in a twofold capacity. First, as a governmental body exercising delegated power of the state, it confers, and limits with conditions, the privilege or franchise to use the public streets, under authority of sec. 1780b, Stats. 1898. State ex *334rel. Rose v. Superior Court, 105 Wis. 651, 673, 81 N. W. 1046; State ex rel. Att’y Gen. v. Portage City Water Co. 107 Wis.…
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