Second Ward Savings Bank v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. II. JohNsoN, Circuit Judge. This is an action to obtain a judgment declaring certain general taxes upon the real estate described in the complaint., the property of the plaintiff, to be illegal and void, and enjoining and restraining the city treasurer from selling such real estate, or any part thereof, and issuing' any certificate or certificates of sale for the payment of such taxes for the year 1894, and…
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. II. JohNsoN, Circuit Judge. This is an action to obtain a judgment declaring certain general taxes upon the real estate described in the complaint., the property of the plaintiff, to be illegal and void, and enjoining and restraining the city treasurer from selling such real estate, or any part thereof, and issuing' any certificate or certificates of sale for the payment of such taxes for the year 1894, and for general relief. It appears from the complaint that the plaintiff is a banking corporation organized under the state…
1Opinion of the CourtPiNney, J.
The allegations of the complaint are to the effect that the real estate of the plaintiff, which in this case is the subject of the taxation complained of, is not a part of *592the authorized, amount at which its capital stock was fixed, and which it appears was full paid, when the corporation was organized. The capital stock was to be issued and sold in shares to subscribers, to obtain the means with which to carry on the business of banking. The capital stock of the bank, in this sense, could not be increased or diminished in .amount except in the manner provided bylaw, although the value…
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