Janesville Bridge Co. v. Stoughton
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court for Rock County. The Janesville Bridge Company filed its bill against Luke Stoughton, Guy Stoughton, Asa Blood, James M. Burgess, George Brown, and I. N. Wagoner, setting forth that in 1838, one Henry F. Janes obtained from the legislative assembly of the Territory a grant of a franchise to keep a ferry across Rock river, at Janesville, and in pursuance thereof, kept said ferry in operation, taking tolls for the same; that in the fall of 1838,…
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APPEAL from the District Court for Rock County. The Janesville Bridge Company filed its bill against Luke Stoughton, Guy Stoughton, Asa Blood, James M. Burgess, George Brown, and I. N. Wagoner, setting forth that in 1838, one Henry F. Janes obtained from the legislative assembly of the Territory a grant of a franchise to keep a ferry across Rock river, at Janesville, and in pursuance thereof, kept said ferry in operation, taking tolls for the same; that in the fall of 1838, Charles Stevens, of Janesville, purchased of said Janes the said ferry right and boat, etc., for $150, and kept said…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The Janesville Bridge Company filed its bill on the chancery side of the district court for the county of Rock, in which, it complains, that Charles Stevens purchased a ferry, right across Rock river at Janesville ; and in consequence of the increase of travel, he concluded to abandon his right, provided a charter incorporating a company for the construction of a bridge across the river at the same place could be obtained from the legislature. That an act was passed by the legislature, incorporating the said. Charles Stevens and seven other persons by name, and such others as might associate…
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