Wisconsin Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Volume 12 |
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... constitution- ality of the present mill dam law , solely upon the theory that the flowing of land by the erection of a mill dam , is taking private property for public use . 1 Chand . , 71 ; 3 Wis . , 461 ; 3 id . , 603. The taking is ...
... constitution- ality of the present mill dam law , solely upon the theory that the flowing of land by the erection of a mill dam , is taking private property for public use . 1 Chand . , 71 ; 3 Wis . , 461 ; 3 id . , 603. The taking is ...
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... constitutional compensation which the respondent might be entitled to receive , by reason of the taking and permanent appropriation of his land by the rail- road company ; and second , to obtain an injunctional order , under chapter 80 ...
... constitutional compensation which the respondent might be entitled to receive , by reason of the taking and permanent appropriation of his land by the rail- road company ; and second , to obtain an injunctional order , under chapter 80 ...
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... constitution . But how is it with re- spect to lands purchased by an individual of the general government ? Are they not subject to taxation in this state until the patent issues ? As a general rule , as soon as the public land is ...
... constitution . But how is it with re- spect to lands purchased by an individual of the general government ? Are they not subject to taxation in this state until the patent issues ? As a general rule , as soon as the public land is ...
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... constitution of this state , there is a sub- stantial reservation to the people themselves of all legislative power upon the subject of banks and banking . The clause in the constitution which requires that " the rule of taxation shall ...
... constitution of this state , there is a sub- stantial reservation to the people themselves of all legislative power upon the subject of banks and banking . The clause in the constitution which requires that " the rule of taxation shall ...
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... constitution , requires that all HASTINGS . property taxed for the purposes of revenue , whether general or local , shall be taxed equally , according to its just and true value ; and that no one species of property , from which such ...
... constitution , requires that all HASTINGS . property taxed for the purposes of revenue , whether general or local , shall be taxed equally , according to its just and true value ; and that no one species of property , from which such ...
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Page 616 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 99 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Page 236 - A general or specific denial of each material allegation of the complaint controverted by the defendant, or of any knowledge or information thereof sufficient to form a belief; 2.
Page 210 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 49 - Provided, that no such grant or law shall have any force or effect until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the electors of the state, at some general election, and been approved by a majority of the votes cast on that subject at such election.
Page 207 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 699 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 699 - The privilege of the debtor to enjoy the necessary comforts of life, shall be recognized by wholesome laws, exempting a reasonable amount of property from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability hereafter contracted; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud.
Page 665 - Actions for the following causes must be tried in the county in which the subject of the action, or some part thereof, is situated, subject to the power of the court to change the place of trial, in the cases provided by law: 1.
Page 427 - A mortgage is a charge upon the land; and whatever would give the money will carry the estate in the land along with it to every purpose. The estate in the land is the same thing as the money due upon it. It will be liable to debts; it will go to executors; it will pass by a •will not made and executed with the solemnities required by the statute of frauds.