State ex rel. Donnelly v. Hobe
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. ViNje, Circuit Judge. Such proceedings were duly taken by the proper officers of the city of Superior, pursuant to subch. XIII of the charter of such city (ch. 124, Laws of 1891), that certain street-improvement certificates were duly issued for special assessments charged to lots abutting on such street for the improvement thereof, and thereafter the relator became the owner of such certificates.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. ViNje, Circuit Judge. Such proceedings were duly taken by the proper officers of the city of Superior, pursuant to subch. XIII of the charter of such city (ch. 124, Laws of 1891), that certain street-improvement certificates were duly issued for special assessments charged to lots abutting on such street for the improvement thereof, and thereafter the relator became the owner of such certificates. The manner of enforcing collection of such special assessment liens for the benefit of the owners thereof, and the manner by which…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
The theory of appellant is that, all money collected by the county treasurer on the special assessments was collected for his use by express provision of the city *414charter and is his private property; while the theory of respondent is that such assessments, when returned delinquent, became the property of the county the same as other delinquent taxes; that as soon as they were credited to the city of Superior by the county treasurer, pursuant to the general laws of the state regulating the manner of dealing with delinquent taxes, the city, in contemplation of law, had collected them and was…
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