Wisconsin Supreme Court August 15, 1876 (State v. City of Eau Claire)

Ryan, C. J.

We held in the former case, Attorney General v. Eau Claire, 37 Wis., 400, that the statute then before us, ch. 333 of 1875, authorized the erection of a dam at jmblic cost across a navigable river, either for the purpose of water*541works for the city or for the purpose of leasing the waterpower for private purposes; and that .