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MILWAUKEE ELEC. RY. & LIGHT CO. v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 55.

252 U.S. 100 (1920)

MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY & LIGHT COMPANY v. STATE OF WISCONSIN EX REL. CITY OF MILWAUKEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin S. Mack, with whom Mr. George P. Miller and Mr. Arthur W. Fairchild were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Clifton Williams for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

A petition for a writ of mandamus was brought by the City of Milwaukee in a lower court of the State of Wisconsin to compel the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company to pave at its own expense with asphalt upon a concrete foundation that portion of Center Street, called the railway zone, which lies between the tracks and for one foot outside of them. The paving...

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