City of Milwaukee v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. TubNek, Circuit Judge. Tbe complaint in tbis action alleges tbe incorporation of tbe city of Milwaukee and tbe incorporation of tbe defendant, and alleges that tbe defendant is tbe successor and as-signee of various street railway companies wbicb bad operated street railways upon tbe streets of tbe city.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. TubNek, Circuit Judge. Tbe complaint in tbis action alleges tbe incorporation of tbe city of Milwaukee and tbe incorporation of tbe defendant, and alleges that tbe defendant is tbe successor and as-signee of various street railway companies wbicb bad operated street railways upon tbe streets of tbe city. Tbe dates of tbe existence of these different predecessors of tbe defendant are alleged, and tbe granting of franchises to them, tbe streets upon wbicb they were to operate, tbe provisions of tbe ordinances granting tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckeR, J.
Tbe complaint alleges that between tbe 1st day of May, 1895, and tbe 1st day of May, 1896, tbe defendant and its predecessors in right as city street railway companies in and for tbe city of Milwaukee operated on various streets of tbe city 500 street railway cars without having paid tbe city treasurer or any of tbe plaintiff's officers a license fee of $15 per car as required by an ordinance of tbe city enacted under a power conferred upon tbe city by legislative authority. A like cause of action is alleged against tbe defendant and in favor of tbe city for each of tbe succeeding annual…
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