Lewis v. Town of Eagle
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Apeeae from a judgment of the circuit court for Richland county: Geoege ClemeNtsoN, Circuit Judge. Taxpayers’ action against the town of Eagle, in Richland county, Wisconsin, its supervisors, and a person having a pretended contract with the town for the construction of a town hall therein, to restrain such supervisors from doing the acts suggested in the complaint to be impending.
Read the full summary
Apeeae from a judgment of the circuit court for Richland county: Geoege ClemeNtsoN, Circuit Judge. Taxpayers’ action against the town of Eagle, in Richland county, Wisconsin, its supervisors, and a person having a pretended contract with the town for the construction of a town hall therein, to restrain such supervisors from doing the acts suggested in the complaint to be impending. The purport of the complaint, omitting formal matters, was this: The supervisors of the town are about to- cause $700 as a tax to be levied upon the taxable property of the town for the purpose of purchasing a site…
1Opinion of the Court
TVT/SRBTTATn, J.
There is a fundamental defect in appellants’ case as to the general tax of $1,000. As to that a question is involved which ruled Judd v. Fox Lahe, 28 Wis. 583; Sage v. Fifield, 68 Wis. 546, 32 N. W. 629; and Harley v. Lindemann, 129 Wis. 514, 109 N. W. 570.
It will be seen from the statement that the cause of com*145plaint as to the tax for general purposes was that the same was illegal but would nevertheless he extended; upon the tax roll and town orders be issued in anticipation of the collection thereof, unless the court interfered and prevented it. That was precisely the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Judd v. Town of Fox LakeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
- Peck v. School District No. 4Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1867
- Farmer v. St. Croix Power Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
- Disch v. TimmWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Willard v. ComstockWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- Town of Nasewaupee v. City of Sturgeon BayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
- Mitchell v. LewensohnWisconsin Supreme Court · 1947
- Opinion No. Oag 73-77, (1977), Wisconsin Attorney General Reports1977
- The People v. SmallIllinois Supreme Court · 1925