Churchill v. Herrick
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Croix County. A difference having arisen between the city and county as to which is entitled to the moneys received in the city for licenses to sell liquor granted by the city authorities, the treasurers of the city and county respectively submitted the controversy, without action, to the circuit court, pursuant to the statute. Tay.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Croix County. A difference having arisen between the city and county as to which is entitled to the moneys received in the city for licenses to sell liquor granted by the city authorities, the treasurers of the city and county respectively submitted the controversy, without action, to the circuit court, pursuant to the statute. Tay. Stats., 1651, § 9. That court held that the county is entitled by law to such license moneys, and gave judgment accordingly; from which the city treasurer appealed to this court. The following is the agreed case upon which the…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
The general excise law of the state (R. S., ch. 35), which, by its terms, is applicable to cities as well as to *360villages and towns, provides that in counties where the county system of supporting paupers has been adopted, all moneys received for licenses granted under the provisions of that chapter, to sell spirituous or intoxicating liquors or drinks, shall be paid into the county treasury, and applied solely for the purpose of paying the pauper expenses of such counties. (Sec. 16.) In the county of St. Croix the county system of supporting paupers had been adopted, and was in operation when…
2Cited by1 opinion
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