Schumm v. Milwaukee County

The corporation is a nonprofit, nonstock company organized for the purposes specified in sec. 45.05, Stats., that is, to construct, maintain, and conduct a war-memorial project. It has approximately two and one-fourth million dollars, given to it for such purposes by patriotic citizens and corporations. It entered into negotiations with the county board of supervisors and a plan was evolved for the county to acquire suitable land, by condemnation or otherwise, on which the corporation would place memorial buildings costing $5,000,000. A site on the east side of the city of Milwaukee was…