Dickson v. City of Racine
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ráeme County. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion and from the report of the former appeal in 61 Wis. 545. Upon the second trial the jury found a special verdict to the effect that neither of the fractional lots owned by the plaintiff was assessed more than its proper proportion of the whole assessment. Judgment was entered upon the verdict in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ráeme County. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion and from the report of the former appeal in 61 Wis. 545. Upon the second trial the jury found a special verdict to the effect that neither of the fractional lots owned by the plaintiff was assessed more than its proper proportion of the whole assessment. Judgment was entered upon the verdict in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed. To the point that the trial court erred in its instruction as to the burden of proof, they cited Central Bank v. St. -John, 17 "Wis. 157; Wooster v. S.…
1Opinion of the CourtTatlob, J.
This case has been before this court on a former appeal, and it was then decided that the only question to be considered upon the appeal from the assessment of the benefits on the appellant’s property was whether the assessment of benefits was equal, in view of the fact that a certain sum was to be assessed upon certain property men tioned in the report of the commissioners, and confirmed by the city council. See 61 Wis. 545. In other words, a fixed *308sum of money is to be raised by taxing a certain number of lots in said city; and that tax is to be apportioned upon such lots in proportion to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dickson v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
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