Department of Taxation v. City of La Crosse

11 Wis.2d 345 (1960)

DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, Appellant,

v.

CITY OF LA CROSSE, Respondent.[*]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 3, 1960.

November 1, 1960.

For the appellant the cause was argued by John H. Bowers and Harold H. Persons, assistant attorneys general, with whom on the briefs was John W. Reynolds, attorney general.

For the respondent there was a brief by John K. Flanagan, city attorney, and William J. Sauer, assistant city attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Sauer.

BROWN, J.

The will of Mary E. Sawyer bequeathed the residue of her estate to trustees, in trust to pay to Frank F. LaRowe,…