Menasha Wooden Ware Co. v. Town of Winter
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of- the circuit court for Sawyer county: James WioiarAM, Circuit Judge. This is an action by npnresident taxpayers of the town of Winter against the town, tlie officers of such town, and the First National Bank of Hice Lake as owner of certain town orders, to declare void certain specified orders issued for the erection of a system of waterworks in the unincorporated village of Winter, located in said town; certain specified town orders issued for the…
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Appeal from a judgment of- the circuit court for Sawyer county: James WioiarAM, Circuit Judge. This is an action by npnresident taxpayers of the town of Winter against the town, tlie officers of such town, and the First National Bank of Hice Lake as owner of certain town orders, to declare void certain specified orders issued for the erection of a system of waterworks in the unincorporated village of Winter, located in said town; certain specified town orders issued for the building and repair of highways in said town; and also certain specified orders issued for various other purposes stated…
1Opinion of the CourtYijs'je, J.
1. The right of the plaintiffs to maintain the action is challenged on the ground that they are not residents of the town of Winter. Not being residents of the town, it is argued, they are not members of the corporation and have no standing in court to question its acts. The following Wisconsin cases are cited to show that such actions have always been brought by resident taxpayers: Peck v. School Dist. 21 Wis. 516; Whiting v. S. & F. du L. R. Co. 25 Wis. 167; Judd v. Fox Lake, 28 Wis. 583; Lynch v. E., L. F. & M. R. Co. 57 Wis. 430, 15 N. W. 743, 825; Willard v. Comstock, 58 Wis. 565, 17 N.…
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- Webster v. Douglas CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
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