Schettler v. City of Fort Howard
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. This was an action to restrain the defendants, the City of Fort Howard and its treasurer, from collecting certain alleged taxes for 1874 upon real estate of the plaintiff in that city. Judgment was rendered for tbe plaintiff, for tbe relief asked; and the defendant city appealed. Tbe case is sufficiently stated in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Little need be said in this case, in view of the decisions in Hersey et al. v. The Board of Supervisors of Barron County, 37 Wis., 75, and Marsh et al. v. The Board of Supervisors of Clark County, 42 id., 502. In those cases it was held, that, in order to support a valid tax, there must be a valid assessment made in substantial compliance with the-statute; that a proper listing and valuation of property by the-assessor constitute the very foundation of the subsequent proceedings ; and that where the assessor makés an assessment in. direct violation of the rules and principles prescribed by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hersey v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
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