Knowlton v. Board of Supervisors
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL PROM CIRCUIT COURT, ROCK COUNTS’. This was an action by the respondent against the appellants in the court below, to restrain the issuing and delivery of a tax deed, and to declare void the taxes assessed oh the property of the respondent.
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APPEAL PROM CIRCUIT COURT, ROCK COUNTS’. This was an action by the respondent against the appellants in the court below, to restrain the issuing and delivery of a tax deed, and to declare void the taxes assessed oh the property of the respondent. The complaint sets forth that the respondent is the owner of several lots in the plat of the village of Rockport; and that in the year 1854, these lots were set down and valued in the assessment roll of the city of Janes-ville, and taxed at sums varying from $1,28 to $3,41 a lot; that these lots were set down in the1' assessment roll with other lots…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Dixon, C. J.
Section 2, of subdivision 5, of chap. 93, of the Local Laws of 1853, entitled “an act to incorporate the City of Janesville,” provides that the common council of said city “ shall annually levy a tax upon all the taxable property in said city subject to taxation, not exceeding one per cent, to defray the current expenses of the city; and also an additional tax of such sum as they may deem necessary for the repair and building of roads and bridges, and for the support of the poor.” Beside the recorded plat of the village of Janesville and its additions, there was, by…
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