Legal Opinion

Town of Rochester v. Alfred Bank

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 10, 1861PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Racine County. These actions were brought to restrain the collection of a tax levied to pay the interest on certain bonds which purported to have been issued by the boards of supervisors of the towns of Kochester and Burlington respectively, and to have . the bonds declared void. Both cases depended on the same state of facts.

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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Racine County. These actions were brought to restrain the collection of a tax levied to pay the interest on certain bonds which purported to have been issued by the boards of supervisors of the towns of Kochester and Burlington respectively, and to have . the bonds declared void. Both cases depended on the same state of facts. The finding of the circuit court as to the facts in the case first named, was in substance as follows : That the plaintiff, and the Eox Biver Yalley Bailroad Company, and the Alfred Bank, one of the defendants, were all corporations as…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Dixoet, C. J.

These tvro cases depend upon the same state of facts, and involve the same questions of law.' Both are actions brought to restrain the collection of certain taxes in the towns of Burlington and Rochester, in the county of Racine, and to test the validity of certain bonds purporting to have been issued by the boards of supervisors of those towns, pursuant to chap. 138 of the Private Laws of 1856, to aid in the construction of the Fox River Yalley Railroad. The taxes were levied for the purpose of paying the interest on the bonds. The validity of the bonds and the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Cothren v. LeanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Clark v. City of JanesvilleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Milwaukee County v. IsenringWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Bound v. Wisconsin Central RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Yellow River Improvement Co. v. ArnoldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
  4. Lawson v. SchnellenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Veeder v. Town of LimaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1865

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