STATE v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMM.


275 Wis. 112 (1957)

STATE, Appellant, vs. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by the Attorney General and Roy G. Tulane, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Tulane.

For the respondent Public Service Commission there was a brief and oral argument by William E. Torkelson, chief counsel.

For the city of Madison there was a brief and oral argument by Harold E. Hanson, city attorney.


FAIRCHILD, J.

The state asserts that the order of the commission should have been reversed because (1) ch. 282, Laws of 1953, is an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power, (2) the findings of fact do not support the order of approval, (3) ch. 282 makes a grant of a lake bed in violation of the trust under which the state owns and controls lake beds, (4) the public purpose to be served by the project is local and the grant is without valuable consideration...

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