Consolidated Apparel Co. v. Common Council of Milwaukee

The proceedings by the city for acquiring the land for the-offstreet parking lots, and for assessing benefits against the properties of the petitioners and similarly situated landowners, were purportedly instituted and conducted under the Kline Law (ch. 275, Laws of 1931, and amendments thereto).

Sec. 10 of the Kline Law authorizes a property owner to appeal to the circuit court from an assessment of benefits or damages by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of such court within twenty days after the confirmation of such assessment by the common council. Sec. 41 of the act provides that…