Canfield v. Bayfield County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bayfield County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylob as a part of the opinion: The plaintiff was the owner of large tracts of real estate in the towns of "Washburn and Bayfield in the county of Bayfield, and the same had been assessed for taxes in said towns and county for the year 1886, and taxes for school, town, county, and state purposes had been levied thereon for said year 1886. Such taxes had not…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bayfield County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylob as a part of the opinion: The plaintiff was the owner of large tracts of real estate in the towns of "Washburn and Bayfield in the county of Bayfield, and the same had been assessed for taxes in said towns and county for the year 1886, and taxes for school, town, county, and state purposes had been levied thereon for said year 1886. Such taxes had not been paid by the plaintiff, and had been returned by the town treasurers of the respective towns to the county treasurer of…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed January 29, 1889.
Taylor, J.
We are clearly of the opinion that the learned circuit judge erred in granting any relief to the plaintiff. On the trial no proof was made by plaintiff tending to establish any of the material allegations of the com-nlaint which would entitle him to relief in a court of equity, admitting that the board of review of the town of Bayfield erred in reducing the assessment made by the assessor. There being no evidence offered tending to show that the assessment made by the assessor was in any respect unequal, it must be presumed that such…
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