Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Board of Supervisors
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Dane County. About the year 1870, the plaintiff brought an action against the defendant board of supervisors and certain public officers to restrain the collection and for the cancellation of taxes for the years 1868 and 1869, assessed against certain of its lots on or contiguous to its depot grounds in the city of Prairie du Chien, occupied by a building known as the “ Dousman House,” which it was claimed were necessarily used for the…
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APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Dane County. About the year 1870, the plaintiff brought an action against the defendant board of supervisors and certain public officers to restrain the collection and for the cancellation of taxes for the years 1868 and 1869, assessed against certain of its lots on or contiguous to its depot grounds in the city of Prairie du Chien, occupied by a building known as the “ Dousman House,” which it was claimed were necessarily used for the accommodation of travelers upon its railway, and therefore exempt from local taxation. The case came to this court, and is…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoh, J.
In the action brought by the present plaintiff againt the defendant board of supervisors and others, to restrain the collection of taxes assessed in 1868 and 1869 upon the property known as the Dousman House (being the same property affected by this action), the controlling finding of fact was as follows: “ Fourth. That in the Dousman House, the front rooms thereof in the lower story are used as an office and ladies’ sitting room; that the dining room is on the same story; that there is a saloon and billiard room in the basement; that the two upper stories are used for a parlor and sleeping…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
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