Town of Crandon v. Forest County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of' the circuit court for Forest county: JohN Goodland, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order overruling defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint.
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Appeal from an order of' the circuit court for Forest county: JohN Goodland, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order overruling defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint. By sec. % cb. 270, Laws of 1887, under which the plaintiff town was organized, it was provided that “ it shall be unlawful for any town in Forest county to raise or expend an amount exceeding $2,500 each year for five years for town purposes, and it shall be unlawful for any such town to raise or expend an amount exceeding $1,500 in each year, during the same time, for school purposes.” By sec. 3, ch. 39, Laws of…
1Opinion of the CourtPiNNey, J.
The plaintiff’s contention is that the provisions of the acts cited above, limiting the amount which the town of Orandon might lawfully levy for taxes in any one year, and particularly as to the limit of $3,800 existing in the year in question for town and school purposes, were *242unconstitutional and void for conflict with. sec. 23, art. IY, of the constitution, in respect to uniformity of the system of town and county government; and it has occurred to us that there may be serious objection to the yalidity of such legislation by reason of the provision of sec. 31, art. IY, of the constitution,…
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