State ex rel. Bell v. Harshaw
Wisconsin Supreme Court
MandÁhus to State Treasurer and Secretary of State, The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice CassodAy : This is an application on behalf of the counties .of Bay-field and Eurnett for a writ of mandamus to compel the apportionment and payment of $47,207.09, now in the hands of the state treasurer, pursuant to ch. 22, Laws of 1879. The relation alleges, in effect, the acts of Congress of June 3, 185G, and May 5, 1864, granting to this state a large…
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MandÁhus to State Treasurer and Secretary of State, The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice CassodAy : This is an application on behalf of the counties .of Bay-field and Eurnett for a writ of mandamus to compel the apportionment and payment of $47,207.09, now in the hands of the state treasurer, pursuant to ch. 22, Laws of 1879. The relation alleges, in effect, the acts of Congress of June 3, 185G, and May 5, 1864, granting to this state a large quantity of public lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from the St. Croix river or lake to the west end of Lake…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The grant to the North Wisconsin Railway Company, by ch. 126, Laws of 1874, was upon the express condition that the said company should immediately proceed with the construction of said road, and should construct so much thereof the first year as should, with that already constructed, make forty miles, and not less than twenty miles each year thereafter, and that the whole should be completed xoithin seven years after the passage of said act; and the act required the company, upon acceptance, to give a bond, as prescribed, for the performance of such condition, with a forfeiture in case of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Price CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Price CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- State ex rel. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. McFetridgeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
3Cited by6 opinions
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. CunningamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- State ex rel. Bolens v. FrearWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- State ex rel. Cook v. HouserWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- State v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- Town of Washburn v. Washburn Waterworks Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
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