Burns v. Town of Spring Green
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Saak County. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtORton, J.
The supervisors assessed damages of five dollars to the plaintiff, through whose land the highway was laid out, and such assessment was filed in the office of the town cleric on the 27th day of April, 1878. On the 24th day of May following, the plaintiff filed with the justice a formal application for a jury to assess such damages, but without any notice to the supervisors, and then gave notice that a jury would be selected for such purpose on the 1st day of June following. Thereupon the supervisors objected to the jurisdiction of the justice to appoint such jury, and on said 1st day of June…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Van Vliet v. WilsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1864
3Cited by2 opinions
- Becker v. JonesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1916
- State ex rel. Milliren v. VarnumWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892