Le Feber v. Village of West Allis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Wabeew I). Tabeant, Circuit Judge. The village of West Allis was incorporated June 30, 1902, out of what was formerly agricultural territory taken from the towns of Greenfield and Wauwatosa, and from one to two miles west of the limits of the city of Milwaukee, where had just been located several large manufacturing plants, which had drawn to themselves a considerable settlement, so that by February, 1903, the…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Wabeew I). Tabeant, Circuit Judge. The village of West Allis was incorporated June 30, 1902, out of what was formerly agricultural territory taken from the towns of Greenfield and Wauwatosa, and from one to two miles west of the limits of the city of Milwaukee, where had just been located several large manufacturing plants, which had drawn to themselves a considerable settlement, so that by February, 1903, the population amounted to about 1,800. After certain preliminary steps, including an attempted advertisement for proposals…
1Opinion of the Court
Dod&e, J.
It is perfectly well settled in this state, as in most others, that municipal corporations are not completely beyond judicial review and control, even in the exercise of the jurisdiction and discretion delegated to them by the leg-islatura True, that discretion must and will be accorded broad scope apd great deference. The honest judgment of the municipal authorities as to what is promotive of the public welfare must ordinarily control, although not in accord with the views of courts. Nevertheless the delegation of legislative power to subordinate political divisions of the state is…
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