Torrey v. Shawano County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Shawano County. The case is fully stated in the opinion. They argued that the property was taxable where the owners resided in this state, otherwise ch. 258, Laws of 1882, fixing the place of taxing such property belonging to nonresidents, was unnecessary. This property was not “ merchants’ goods,” nor was it kept for sale in Shawano county.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Shawano County. The case is fully stated in the opinion. They argued that the property was taxable where the owners resided in this state, otherwise ch. 258, Laws of 1882, fixing the place of taxing such property belonging to nonresidents, was unnecessary. This property was not “ merchants’ goods,” nor was it kept for sale in Shawano county. That which was involved in Mitchell v. Plover, 53 Wis. 548, and that in Wasliburn v. OshJcosh, 60 id. 453, were kept at the plaintiff’s yard where assessed. In the case of Sanford v. Spencer■> 62 Wis. 230, the plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This is an action to recover for taxes paid by the plaintiff under protest, levied and assessed upon certain personal property of the • plaintiff. The taxes were levied and assessed upon a lot of cedar ties, posts, and poles, situate in the town of Wittenberg, in said county of Shawano.
On the trial the following admissions were made, viz.: “It is admitted that on the first day of May, 1888, town officers of the town of Wittenberg assessed certain property belonging to the plaintiffs located at Wittenberg; that the tax was not paid by the plaintiffs to the town, and was returned delinquent to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Washburn v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Mitchell v. Town of PloverWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Sanford v. Town of SpencerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
3Cited by6 opinions
- Eaton v. Globe & Rutgers Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- State ex rel. Lake Nebagamon Ice Co. v. McPheeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- In re JuppDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1921
- Valentine-Clark Co. v. Shawano CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Town of Eagle River v. BrownWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
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