State v. Laabs
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Racine county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. The state brought this action to recover $1,260.50 expended by it in the abatement and removal of a nuisance, which nuisance was removed by the Wisconsin state board of health from the premises of these defendants after an order had been issued by the board to the defendants demanding the removal of the nuisance and upon their failure to do so.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Racine county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. The state brought this action to recover $1,260.50 expended by it in the abatement and removal of a nuisance, which nuisance was removed by the Wisconsin state board of health from the premises of these defendants after an order had been issued by the board to the defendants demanding the removal of the nuisance and upon their failure to do so. Robert Liebenow was the vendor and William Laabs the vendee of the premises in question under a land contract. The fee was in Robert Liebenow, possession in the…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.
The state board of health has the general supervision of the health of the citizens of the state and is granted all powers necessary to provide for the protection of the health of the public and to order what is reasonably necessary to be done for the prevention and suppression of disease and to condemn and abate conditions causative of disease. Sec. 1407a — 6, Stats. Sub. 11 of this section provides:
“If the owner or occupant of any premises whereon any nuisance detrimental to the public health exists, fails to comply with any order of the board for the abatement or removal thereof, any…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lowe v. ConroyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Balch v. GlennSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911
- People v. Casa Co.California Court of Appeal · 1917
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of JanesvilleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- State ex rel. Nowotny v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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