Town of Muskego v. Town of Vernon

Hallows, J..

The application under sec. 80.11 (S), Stats., for the appointment of commissioners to apportion the liability of towns on account of a town-line road is statutory and the statute must be followed. Sec. 80.11 (6) provides upon a proper application a circuit judge of the county in which the towns are situated shall appoint three commissioners. These sections confer no jurisdiction upon the circuit court but upon the person who fills the office of the circuit judge of the county in which such towns are located. The conferring of the power is upon the judge, not upon the circuit…