Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Board of Supervisors
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Crawford County, This action was brought by the railway company to have the taxes levied, for the years 1868 and 1869, on certain lots and premises at Prairie du Chien, on which the “Dousman House” is situated, declared void, and have them set aside and canceled, and for general relief, on the ground that said lots and premises were not liable to taxation, for the reason that they were the property of the railway company, necessarily used in…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Crawford County, This action was brought by the railway company to have the taxes levied, for the years 1868 and 1869, on certain lots and premises at Prairie du Chien, on which the “Dousman House” is situated, declared void, and have them set aside and canceled, and for general relief, on the ground that said lots and premises were not liable to taxation, for the reason that they were the property of the railway company, necessarily used in operating its railroad in this state. The complaint sets forth that the plaintiff is a railroad company, organized…
1Opinion of the CourtDixon, C. J.
Subject only to tbe qualification tbat the lower front rooms, constituting respectively the office and ladies’ reception room, are likewise used as waiting rooms for passengers, male and female, going to and coming from the cars, the evidence indisputably establishes the allegations of thé answer that the premises in question “ are occupied exclusively by a-hotel building known as the Dousman Home, and the necessary out-buildings and enclosure thereto connected for the purposes of said hotel, and that the same is used exclusively for a hotel, or inn for travelers, and a boarding house for…
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