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THOMPSON v. EAU CLAIRE

269 Wis. 76 (1955)

THOMPSON and others, Respondents, vs. CITY OF EAU CLAIRE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 8, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by David F. Nordstrom, D. L. Farr, and William H. Frawley, all of Eau Claire.

For the respondents there was a brief by Karl F. Peplau of Augusta, William A. Adler, Walter C. Crocker, and Wilcox & Sullivan, all of Eau Claire, and oral argument by Mr. Francis J. Wilcox, Mr. Peplau, and Mr. Adler.

BROADFOOT, J.

On the westerly side of the disposal area there was a burning pit in which limbs, brush, leaves, and paper were burned. This fire was seldom extinguished and ordinarily as new material was added daily it would continue to burn. The garbage-disposal section was operated by the land-fill or sanitary-fill method. Large trenches were dug running north and south and the noncombustible materials were dumped into one end of a trench. This was compacted by running...

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