Liebermann v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court of Milwaukee county: R. N. AustiN, Judge. Action to set aside sale of lots 12 and 13, block 83, in tbe Fourth ward of tbe city of Milwaukee, for an assessment thereon, and tbe certificate issued upon such sale.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court of Milwaukee county: R. N. AustiN, Judge. Action to set aside sale of lots 12 and 13, block 83, in tbe Fourth ward of tbe city of Milwaukee, for an assessment thereon, and tbe certificate issued upon such sale. Tbe complaint states, in substance: That tbe lots abut on Fowler street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and lie immediately west of tbe north and south alley in block 83, in tbe Fourth ward. 'That tbe grade of said street was established by ordinance April 14, 1853, and that in tbe fab of tbe year 1863, said Fowler street, between Fourth…
1Opinion of the CourtPiNNEY, J.
1. Tbe question for detérmination is wh.etb.er the assessment on the plaintiff’s lots is, upon its face, a valid -exercise of the powers conferred by the city charter, in a -case where the -grade of the street had been duly established and the street actually graded and improved to such grade, .and afterwards the grade is changed and the street is ordered to be reconstructed on the latter grade, and whether such assessment, in the form in which it was made, is conclusive upon the question of benefits and damages to the plaintiff’s lot.
The charter (Laws of 1874, ch. 184, subch. 7, sec. 7)…
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