Brodhead v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Chapter 14, Laws of 1865 (approved and published Eebrua-ry 2d), provides as follows: “ Sec. 1. The qualified electors of each town, city and incorporated village in the state, shall have power, at any annual or special meeting thereof, to raise by tax such sum or sums of money as they may deem necessary to pay bounties to volunteers who may have enlisted, or who may hereafter enlist, under the call of the President of the…
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APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Chapter 14, Laws of 1865 (approved and published Eebrua-ry 2d), provides as follows: “ Sec. 1. The qualified electors of each town, city and incorporated village in the state, shall have power, at any annual or special meeting thereof, to raise by tax such sum or sums of money as they may deem necessary to pay bounties to volunteers who may have enlisted, or who may hereafter enlist, under the call of the President of the United States, of December 19th, 1864, for 300,000 men, and who shall hereafter enlist under any call of the President…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
DixoN, C. J.
The argument was able and exhaustive, and left nothing for research or suggestion on my part. I was convinced at the time, and so expressed myself to my associates, that the unconstitutionality of the tax could not be maintained. I thought the act valid in every particu-. lar, and my convictions have since been confirmed by the opinions of the highest courts of two of our sister states upon the direct question. One of those opinions was not then published, and both have but very recently come to hand. I refer to Booth v. Woodbury, in the supreme court of Connecticut,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Goodel v. BakerNew York Supreme Court · 1828
- In re OliverWisconsin Supreme Court · 1864
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- Buse v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
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