Jewell v. City of Superior
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin. The city of Superior, in the years 1890 and 1891, caused the improvement ■of Tower avenue and of Clough avenue in that city, and levied assessments upon the property benefited to pay the cost of the improvements.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin. The city of Superior, in the years 1890 and 1891, caused the improvement ■of Tower avenue and of Clough avenue in that city, and levied assessments upon the property benefited to pay the cost of the improvements. These assessments, in accordance with the provisions of the charter, were divided into five equal Installments, with interest on the unpaid installments, and were inserted in the tax roll of the city for each of the years 1891 to 1895, inclusive. The total amount of assessments thus extended…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts).
We are not put to the necessity of determining the question of the personal liability of the city of Superior upon these bonds. With respect to somewhat similar obligations its liability was considered by us in King v. City of Superior, 54 C. C. A. 499, 117 Fed. 113, and by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in Fowler v. City of Superior, 85 Wis. 411, 54 N. W. 800. The authority of the latter case is, however, somewhat shaken by the later case of Uncas National Bank v. City of Superior, 115 Wis. 340, 91 N. W. 1004. The appellant, the owner of the bonds in question, has,…
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- State ex rel. Donnelly v. HobeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
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- Uncas National Bank v. City of SuperiorWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
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