State ex rel. Free High School Board v. Lamont
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ciarle County. On the petition of the district board of a joint free high school district, alleged to comprise the towns of Hull, Colby, and Green Grove and the city of Colby, in the counties of Clark and Marathon, an alternative writ of mandamus was issúed out of the circuit court of Clark county to John W. Lamont, town clerk of the town of Colby, commanding him to insert in the annual tax roll of that town a tax on the taxable property…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ciarle County. On the petition of the district board of a joint free high school district, alleged to comprise the towns of Hull, Colby, and Green Grove and the city of Colby, in the counties of Clark and Marathon, an alternative writ of mandamus was issúed out of the circuit court of Clark county to John W. Lamont, town clerk of the town of Colby, commanding him to insert in the annual tax roll of that town a tax on the taxable property therein, to pay the proportionate share of the town for the support of the school in such district as fixed and apportioned…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, C. J.
In an action brought against the town of Green Grove by the same joint free high school district which is represented in this proceeding by its district board, this court approved the opinion expressed by Mr. Thayer, the late learned superintendent of public instruction, that our statutory free high school system “ is crude, deficient, and complicated, and greatly needs revision.” [Joint Free High School District v. Green Grove, 77 Wis. 532.] It is a satisfaction to know that under special authority of the legislature, conferred by ch. 178, Laws of 1893, it is now in process of revision by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Joint Free High School District v. Town of Green GroveWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
3Cited by2 opinions
- City of Columbus v. Town of Fountain PrairieWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- State ex rel. Hawkins Free High School District v. NelsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933