Katzer v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: FRANK M. Fish, Judge. Iu 1892 the diocesan officers purchased with funds of the diocese a certain block in Milwaukee as a residence for plaintiff, ivho is archbishop of the diocese of Milwaukee, and took conveyance, as is customary, to the plaintiff individually.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: FRANK M. Fish, Judge. Iu 1892 the diocesan officers purchased with funds of the diocese a certain block in Milwaukee as a residence for plaintiff, ivho is archbishop of the diocese of Milwaukee, and took conveyance, as is customary, to the plaintiff individually. The premises are used as his residence, but also contain accommodations for his assistant officers, and various functions needing his personal presence are held there. Plaintiff testified that he held the property in fee simple according to the laws of the church; that…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed June 22, 1899:
Dodge, J.
In view of the conclusion which we have reached in this case, it is quite immaterial and unnecessary to decide whether the premises in question are in the category of “ real estate necessary for the location and convenience of the buildings of a religious association,” or constitute a “ parsonage.”
*20Subd. 3, sec. 1038, Stats. 1898, whereon rests the exemption of church property from taxation, has been more than once construed by this court, and some of the uncertainties resulting from its language removed. In Green Bay & M. C. Co. v.…
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