Mills v. Johnson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court of Dane County. Action to restrain the defendant, as clerk of the board of supervisors of Dane county, and bis successors in office, from executing tax deeds for certain lands in the city of Madison, and to have the certificates of sale of said lands for the taxes of 1858 declared illegal, &c.
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APPEAL from the County Court of Dane County. Action to restrain the defendant, as clerk of the board of supervisors of Dane county, and bis successors in office, from executing tax deeds for certain lands in the city of Madison, and to have the certificates of sale of said lands for the taxes of 1858 declared illegal, &c. The county court found the following among other facts: 1. That the only action of the common council of said city relating to the levying of the taxes for 1858, was at a meeting of said council held on the 26th of July of that year. 2. That said council did not enter any…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
DíxON, O. J.
This case presents several questions in common with Dean vs. Gleason already decided (16 Wis., 1), and as to such we réfer to the opinion in that case. We shall notice only those points in which the cases differ.
Section 8 of chapter 7 of the charter of the city of Madisoh (Private and Local Laws of 1856, p. 104), requires the assessors to return their assessment roll to the bommóh council by depositing the same with the clerk, on of before the first day of July in each year. Section 9 declares that when the assess-ment roll shall have been revised and corrected, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Warden v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
- Dean v. GleasonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1862
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