Riverview Hospital v. City of Tomahawk

We are of the opinion that this case is ruled by Prairie du Chien Sanitarium Co. v. Prairie du Chien (1943), 242 Wis. 262, 7 N. W. (2d) 832, and the judgment must be reversed. .

The difference to the public between the service of an eleemosynary institution and that of a purely commercial one may at times seem somewhat insubstantial. It is to be expected that any undertaking to continue as an active institution will confer some benefit on the community in which it is to exist. So the idea of blessings conferred on patrons is not necessarily a controlling factor in determining whether a…