Borgman v. Langlade County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Langlade county: Edgab V. Weenee, Circuit Judge. In 1908 plaintiff was the owner of several lots in the city of Antigo on which there was a hank building and several other buildings. The assessor incorrectly described the property, and such incorrect description was carried on the tax roll and incorporated in the tax certificate upon the sale of the property for failure of the plaintiff to pay his taxes.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Langlade county: Edgab V. Weenee, Circuit Judge. In 1908 plaintiff was the owner of several lots in the city of Antigo on which there was a hank building and several other buildings. The assessor incorrectly described the property, and such incorrect description was carried on the tax roll and incorporated in the tax certificate upon the sale of the property for failure of the plaintiff to pay his taxes. Such incorrect description consisted in describing parts of the lots twice; in omitting a part of them, including part of the bank building;…
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
The evidence shows that the plaintiff appeared before the board of review and that testimony was taken as to the value of plaintiff’s land. No question is made .but that all parties there present had the correct description of plaintiff’s property in mind and that none were in any way misled by the erroneous description on the tax roll. It also *444appears that the value of the improvements as shown by the assessment roll was. reduced from $28,670 to $17,500, and it is claimed by the defendant and denied by plaintiff that the value of the land was increased from $12,870 to $14,870. The total…
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