State v. Wolfrum
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Washington County. This is an action brought in the circuit court to recover the forfeiture provided by sec. 1, ch. 881, Laws of 1889, on the claim that the defendant had intentionally made a false statement to the board of review of his assessment district, for the purpose of avoiding his just share of taxes.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Washington County. This is an action brought in the circuit court to recover the forfeiture provided by sec. 1, ch. 881, Laws of 1889, on the claim that the defendant had intentionally made a false statement to the board of review of his assessment district, for the purpose of avoiding his just share of taxes. The statute under which the action was brought is as follows: “ Section 1. Any person, firm or corporation in this state owning or holding personal property of any nature or description, individually or as agent, trustee, guardian, administrator or…
1Opinion of the CourtNewmaw, J.
The questions are whether this verdict passed substantially on all the issues in the action, and is a verdict for the defendant. If it does pass substantially on all the issues and is for the defendant, then the judgment is right and must be affirmed; otherwise, it is a mistrial and a new trial must be had.
*483What the defendant was accused of was the making of a false statement of the property in his hands subject to assessment, intentionally, for the purpose of avoiding the payment of the just and proportionate taxes thereon. The action is penal. The case must be fully shown to be within the…
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