Schintgen v. City of La Crosse
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: LawRence W. Halsey, Judge. This is an action in equity brought to set aside certain reassessments levied against the plaintiff’s property in the city of La Grosse to pay for the paving of the street in front of said property with brick pavement. The case comes here upon the pleadings and findings, there being no bill of exceptions.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: LawRence W. Halsey, Judge. This is an action in equity brought to set aside certain reassessments levied against the plaintiff’s property in the city of La Grosse to pay for the paving of the street in front of said property with brick pavement. The case comes here upon the pleadings and findings, there being no bill of exceptions. The facts are that in the year 1900 the city of La Crosse entered upon an extensive system of street improvements in the city by the laying of brick pavement at the expense of abutting lots, and…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The case presents the general question of the validity of sec. 1210á, Stats. 1898, as amended by ch. 9, Laws of 1901, which provides for the reassessment of invalid ¡special assessments for street improvements. The general contentions made by the plaintiff are (1) that the section named is unconstitutional; (2) that, if constitutional, it is not applicable to the case at bar; and (3) that in any event the plaintiff’s premises were not liable to assessment.
1. The section referred to provides, in substance, that when a street improvement has been or may hereafter be made in any city, and a…
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