Oconto Electric Co. v. Peoples Land & Manuf'g Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from judgments of the circuit'court for Eond du Lac county: Chestee A. Eowleb, Circuit Judge. The first above entitled action of the State ex rel. Pamperin against the Oconto Electric Company is quo warranto to oust the electric company from the exercise of any franchise as a public utility in the city of Oconto. Reference to this action will hereinafter be made as “the quo warranto action.”
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Appeals from judgments of the circuit'court for Eond du Lac county: Chestee A. Eowleb, Circuit Judge. The first above entitled action of the State ex rel. Pamperin against the Oconto Electric Company is quo warranto to oust the electric company from the exercise of any franchise as a public utility in the city of Oconto. Reference to this action will hereinafter be made as “the quo warranto action.” The second above entitled action was instituted pursuant to a stipulation of the parties at the suggestion of the railroad commission of the state of Wisconsin for the purpose of determining the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed March 13, 1917:
Siebecker, J.
The controversies presented in the two cases Rave been treated in one proceeding before the trial court and were submitted together on appeal in this court. In the quo warranto action relator assails the Oconto Company’s rights as claimed by it under an indeterminate permit granted pursuant to the Public Utility Law and seeks to Rave it annulled on the ground that the company at the time of obtaining such permit Rad no legal license, permit, or franchise from the city to exchange for such indeterminate permit, as called for by the…
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