Cotter v. Joint School District No. 3
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court’ for Pierce county: Geobge Thompson, Circuit Judge. Action by a taxpayer to enjoin a school district having an assessed valuation of $257,887 from making a loan of $12,000 pursuant to certain resolutions passed by the electors thereof.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court’ for Pierce county: Geobge Thompson, Circuit Judge. Action by a taxpayer to enjoin a school district having an assessed valuation of $257,887 from making a loan of $12,000 pursuant to certain resolutions passed by the electors thereof. The statute under which the loan was sought to be made is sec. 475, Stats. 1915. So much thereof as is material to the questions raised by the appeal reads: “Eor the purpose of aiding in the erection or purchasing of a schoolhouse any school district, whether organized under general law, special law or charter, may, by…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed May 23, 1916:
ViNJE, J.
The plaintiff contends that these resolutions are insufficient to authorize any loan because (1) the statute does not authorize a loan for the purpose stated in the first resolution; (2) the resolution does not specify the time of payment; and (3) it does not specify the manner of payment, whether in annual instalments or otherwise.
It is urged that since the statute permits a loan only for the purpose of aiding in the erection or purchase of a schoolhouse, money cannot be borrowed for the purpose of remodeling a schoolhouse and building an…
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