Read v. City of Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevers, Circuit Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBaeites, J.
Plaintiff presented an unverified claim to the ■common council of the city of Madison for $510.15. The •council passed a resolution appropriating $50 in full payment thereof. From the decision of the council plaintiff appealed to the circuit court. In that court he filed a formal ■complaint, to which the defendant demurred on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction of the persons of the liti.gants or of the subject matter of the action and on the further ground that the complaint did not state a cause of action. From an order overriding the demurrer the defendant appeals.
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