Shipman v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
The plaintiff brought his action in this court to recover upon a contract alleged to have been made with him pursuant to law, by the building commissioners of the “Additional Institution for the Insane,” now known in law as the Northern Hospital for the Insane.* The complaint avers, in substance, tbe following facts: In pursuance of cb. 39, Laws of 1870, the ‘ building commissioners, duly appointed and qualified under that act, employed the plaintiff during that year to…
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The plaintiff brought his action in this court to recover upon a contract alleged to have been made with him pursuant to law, by the building commissioners of the “Additional Institution for the Insane,” now known in law as the Northern Hospital for the Insane.* The complaint avers, in substance, tbe following facts: In pursuance of cb. 39, Laws of 1870, the ‘ building commissioners, duly appointed and qualified under that act, employed the plaintiff during that year to prepare plans, drawings and specifications for the buildings necessary and proper for said institution, in accordance with…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
We have no doubt that the building commissioners, under the 6th section of chapter 39, Laws of 1870, had authority to contract for and procure plans, drawings and specifications for the entire hospital building for the insane which it was proposed to erect. It is true the act plainly intends that the commissioners should undertake to erect only such a portion of the building as might be completed and made ready for occupancy by the appropriation therein made. A further enlargement of the building was contemplated by the legislature, so as to make the entire hospital, when completed, of a…
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- Shipman v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Miller v. San Francisco Church Extension Society of Methodist Episcopal ChurchCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
- Wilmington v. BryanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906