Legal Opinion

State ex rel. N. C. Foster Lumber Co. v. Williams

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 18, 1904PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Eau 'Claire county: James O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Certiorari to tbe board of review of tbe village of Eair-child to obtain an examination of its'proceedings respecting tbe assessment for taxation of tbe property of tbe N. C. Foster Lumber Co. Tbe facts involved in tbe litigation, so far as necessary to an understanding of tbe questions examined and decided, are sufficiently referred to in tbe opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

■' Maeshall, J.

This appeal involves tbe question of wbetber tbe board of review of tbe village of Eairchild committed jurisdictional error in valuing tbe relator’s property for taxation. We have a long record before us. There are some 300 printed pages of evidence upon which tbe board made tbe decision complained of. It is claimed that such decision on many points is so manifestly wrong as to be juris-dictionally defective. We are urged to examine tbe evidence in detail, to review and weigh it to determine wbetber it preponderates in favor of or against tbe board’s conclusion. We *64Rare…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State ex rel. City of Augusta v. LosbyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
  2. State ex rel. Heller v. LawlerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  3. State ex rel. Ellis v. ThorneWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  4. State ex rel. Vilas v. WhartonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Shove v. City of ManitowocWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Milwaukee Medical College v. ChittendenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Ekern v. McGovernWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  4. State ex rel. Cook v. HouserWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  5. In Re FredericksMichigan Supreme Court · 1938

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