Town of Vaughn v. Town of Montreal
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Iron county: •JoiiN K. PaRise, Circuit J"udge. Tbe complaint in tbis action alleged, in substance, tbe following facts: In 1890 tbe plaintiff town entered into a contract witb tbe Hurley Water Company by wbicb it agreed to pay tbe water company $4,000 a year for hydrant rentals ■and water service for a period of years.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Iron county: •JoiiN K. PaRise, Circuit J"udge. Tbe complaint in tbis action alleged, in substance, tbe following facts: In 1890 tbe plaintiff town entered into a contract witb tbe Hurley Water Company by wbicb it agreed to pay tbe water company $4,000 a year for hydrant rentals ■and water service for a period of years. In 1900 tbe defendant town was organized out of a portion of tbe territory of •plaintiff town, and tbe county board, by tbe ordinance of division, determined that tbe defendant town should be chargeable witb 23.15 per cent, of tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtWmsnow, J.
Sec. 672, Stats. 1898, provides as follows:
“Whenever the county board shall form a new town from parts of a town or towns already organized they shall, by their ordinance of division, determine what portion of the indebtedness then legally incurred by such old towns shall be chargeable to the respective portions so detached to form such new town; and such new town shall pay the proportion of such indebtedness so declared chargeable to such detached portions at such time as the same shall become payable; and *304for that purpose tbe town board of sucb new town shall levy a tax upon all tbe taxable…
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