Meade v. Dane County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit' court for Dane county; George Grimm, Judge. Tbe plaintiff, a resident and taxpayer of Dane County, brought this action in bebalf of himself and all other taxpayers of the county against said county and Robert W. Davis, county treasurer thereof, William Pierstorff, the chairman of the board „of supervisors, and also against William Dreger and his wife, from whom the county intends to purchase land.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit' court for Dane county; George Grimm, Judge. Tbe plaintiff, a resident and taxpayer of Dane County, brought this action in bebalf of himself and all other taxpayers of the county against said county and Robert W. Davis, county treasurer thereof, William Pierstorff, the chairman of the board „of supervisors, and also against William Dreger and his wife, from whom the county intends to purchase land. January 30, 1913, the county board of supervisors, then in regular session, approved the report of a special committee of its members recommending the purchase…
1Opinion of the CourtTimliN, J.
By sub. 1 of sec. 39j, Stats., no ordinance passed by tbe council of any city except such cities as are organized under secs. 925ot — 301 to 925m — 317, inclusive, of tbe statutes, and no ordinance or resolution of any county board, shall go’into effect within twenty days from the time of its passage. This would seem to apply only to ordinances of a city council and ordinances or resolutions of a county board were it' not for sub. 3, which in apparent forgetfulness of sub. 1, which provides no stay of twenty days for resolutions of a city council, permits, nevertheless, a petition by…
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