Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. City of Milwaukee

In view of the determination made by the United States supreme court we hold that the constructive notice given by the defendant city by publication of the proposed special assessments against the plaintiff’s lands did not meet the requirements of due process. Mullane v. Central Hanover B. & T. Co. (1950), 339 U. S. 306, 70 Sup. Ct. 652, 94 L. Ed. 865, and Walker v. Hutchinson (1956), 352 U. S. 112, 77 Sup. Ct. 200, 1 L. Ed. (2d) 178. Therefore, it was error for the trial court to have sustained the general demurrer interposed to plaintiffs amended complaint.

One of the reasons advanced by the…