Kingsley v. Board of Supervisors
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Marathon County. Action to set aside and cancel certain tax certificates issued upon sales of the plaintiffs’ lands in Marathon county for the unpaid taxes assessed thereon in the years 1874 to 1877, inclusive, on the ground that such taxes were illegally levied.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Marathon County. Action to set aside and cancel certain tax certificates issued upon sales of the plaintiffs’ lands in Marathon county for the unpaid taxes assessed thereon in the years 1874 to 1877, inclusive, on the ground that such taxes were illegally levied. Certain errors, irregularities and omissions in the assessment of property for taxation in those years, in the several towns in which the plaintiffs’ lands are situated, are specified in the complaint. These go to the groundwork of the tax, and affect all the taxable property in such towns. These…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
After what has been said in Plumer v. The Supervisors, 46 Wis., 163, and Flanders v. Merrimack, 48 Wis., 567, no discussion is required here on the subject of the validity of section 12105, R. S., as amended by sec. 5, chapter 255 of 1879. It is settled that the statute is valid, and must be complied with in every case coming within its provisions.
Notwithstanding the very earnest argument of the learned counsel for the plaintiffs to the contrary, we cannot doubt that this case is within the statute, and that the court, after filing its findings of fact which show that the taxes in controversy…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Flanders v. Town of MerrimackWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- Plumer v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
3Cited by4 opinions
- Monroe v. City of Fort HowardWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- Johnston v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
- Bradley v. Lincoln CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Griggs v. St. Croix Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Wisconsin · 1884