Combes v. Keyes
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee-county: D. H. JohNsoN, Circuit Judge. Some years prior to June 1, 1858, the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company was duly incorporated by the-legislature of Wisconsin, and organized to build and operate-a railroad from Milwaukee to La Crosse, and was given the-right to mortgage its road by divisions.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee-county: D. H. JohNsoN, Circuit Judge. Some years prior to June 1, 1858, the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company was duly incorporated by the-legislature of Wisconsin, and organized to build and operate-a railroad from Milwaukee to La Crosse, and was given the-right to mortgage its road by divisions. It divided the road into two divisions,— the eastern, extending from Milwaukee to Portage City, a distance of 95 miles; and the western, extending from Portage City to La Crosse, a distance of 105 miles. The eastern division was incumbered…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The Milwaukee & Minnesota Kailroad Company was organized, under the general statutes, May 23, 1859. It. thereupon acquired, by conveyance from Barnes,, through a foreclosure of the Barnes mortgage and a sale thereon to Barnes, all the rights, property, and franchises-*307of tbe La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company, subject, however, to three mortgages on the eastern division and two mortgages on the western division and several judgments on the respective divisions,, including "one in favor of New-combe Cleveland. Prior to April 18, 1866, the Milwaukee •& St. Paul Railroad Company acquired the…
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