Tallman v. City of Janesville
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Rock County. Actions to restrain the defendants from selling certain real estate in the city of Janesville for taxes. The ground upon which the relief was sought is stated by the court.
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APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Rock County. Actions to restrain the defendants from selling certain real estate in the city of Janesville for taxes. The ground upon which the relief was sought is stated by the court. These appeals are taken from orders of the circuit court refusing to dissolve injunctional orders previously granted, and also from orders overruling demurrers to the complaint. 1. The taxing power of the legislature of this state is absolute and unlimited by the constitution, except that the rule of taxation is required to be uniform. '- Chap. 48, Laws of 1862, is a just and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
After the decision in Knowlton vs. Supervisors of Rock County, 9 Wis., 410, which declared void the provision of the charter of the city of Janesville permitting a discrimination, in the imposition of city taxes, between the farming lands within the corporate limits and other real estate, the legislature passed chap. 48, Pr. Laws of 1862, providing for a reassessment of the taxes in that city for the years 1854, 1855, 1856 and 1857. Some such enactment became necessary to. avoid the difficulties growing out of the previous unconstitutional taxation. Some of the citizens…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Knowlton v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859
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