Legal Opinion

Plumer v. Board of Supervisors

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1879PublishedCited by 31 opinions

APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Marathon County. Action, (1) to avoid taxes assessed on plaintiff’s property in tbe city of Wausau during tbe year 1875, on tbe ground that there was no valid assessment of tbe property for taxation' during that year; (2 and 3) to avoid taxes assessed on said property during tbe years 1876 and 1877, respectively, upon like grounds; (4) to avoid certain bonds of “School District No. 1, City of Wausau,” and to avoid tbe taxes assessed on said…

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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Marathon County. Action, (1) to avoid taxes assessed on plaintiff’s property in tbe city of Wausau during tbe year 1875, on tbe ground that there was no valid assessment of tbe property for taxation' during that year; (2 and 3) to avoid taxes assessed on said property during tbe years 1876 and 1877, respectively, upon like grounds; (4) to avoid certain bonds of “School District No. 1, City of Wausau,” and to avoid tbe taxes assessed on said property during tbe years above named, on the ground that they included sums assessed to pay said bonds, and that tbe…

1Opinion of the Court

Byast, C. J".

I. The record in this appeal presents several peculiarities apparently overlooked in the court below, and on which no point is made in this court. There is one, however, on which the appellants claim that they are entitled to a reversal of the judgment.

The complaint contained six separate causes of action. On the fifth and sixth, no evidence whatever appears to have been introduced. The fourth became immaterial to the judgment, upon the denial of the motion for a nonsuit on the three first.

The appellants moved for a nonsuit upon each of the causes of action, but assigned special…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Attorney General v. City of Eau ClaireWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Marsh v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
  3. Warden v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
  4. Birchard v. BoothWisconsin Supreme Court · 1856
  5. Tallman v. City of JanesvilleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1863

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Flanders v. Town of MerrimackWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
  2. Fifield v. Marinette CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Hixon v. Oneida CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  4. State ex rel. Brown County v. MyersWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Winn v. ItzelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905

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