Dean v. Gleason
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe County Court of Dane County. This was an action to restiain the treasurer of Dane county from selling certain real estate of tbe plaintiff, in the city of Madison, for tbe taxes for tbe year 1857. The objections made by tbe plaintiff to tbe validity of the taxes were; 1. That tbe assessors of said city did not, nor did a majority of them, assess any of the taxable property in tbe city for tbat year; nor did they meet on the days appointed by law at tbe common…
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APPEAL from tbe County Court of Dane County. This was an action to restiain the treasurer of Dane county from selling certain real estate of tbe plaintiff, in the city of Madison, for tbe taxes for tbe year 1857. The objections made by tbe plaintiff to tbe validity of the taxes were; 1. That tbe assessors of said city did not, nor did a majority of them, assess any of the taxable property in tbe city for tbat year; nor did they meet on the days appointed by law at tbe common council room in said city to hear objections of parties who deemed themselves aggrieved by the assessment of their…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Paine, J.
This suit was brought to restrain the sale of the plaintiff’s lands for taxes. The decision granting the motion for a rehearing in the case of Kneeland v. The City of Milwaukee, 15 Wis., 454, disposes of the objection based upon the omission of railroad property in the assessment roll.
The plaintiff urges a number of other objections, which it is necessary to notice. It is claimed, and the proof shows it to be true, that there was great neglect and inaccuracy on the part of the assessors in making up the tax list. Many men of wealth, with large amounts of personal…
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