Allen v. City of Greenwood
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Clark county: Jam:es O’Neill, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover taxes levied upon personal property alleged to have been illegally assessed against; the and collected under protest. The action was. commenced in justice’s court, and on appeal tried in the circuit court without a jury, where judgment was entered dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint, from which this appeal was-taken.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Clark county: Jam:es O’Neill, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover taxes levied upon personal property alleged to have been illegally assessed against; the and collected under protest. The action was. commenced in justice’s court, and on appeal tried in the circuit court without a jury, where judgment was entered dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint, from which this appeal was-taken. The court below found as follows: That during all the times, mentioned in the complaint plaintiff was a resident of the village of Loyal, Clark county,…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.
Tbe facts in tbis case are substantially undisputed. It was stipulated on tbe trial tbat $35 taxes were collected from plaintiff by tbe city treasurer of defendant city and paid into tbe city treasury, tbe same being taxes levied upon merchants’ and manufacturers’ stock, namely, oak staves. It was also stipulated tbat, so far as plaintiff’s assessments and property were concerned, no evidence was taken by tbe board of review.
It further appears tbat tbe staves in question were assessed at $2,130.85, and upon tbe personal property statement signed by tbe assessor appeared an indorsement…
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- Williams v. LaneWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
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