Rockwood v. Woodford
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dodge County. At the annual town meeting of the town of Hubbard, in said county, held in April, 1867, a committee of seven freeholders of the town .was appointed, who were directed “to examine Lake street bridge [in said town], repair the same or build a new bridge, as they may [might] think best; the costs and charges of such repairs, or such rebuilding, to be assessed upon the taxable property of the town in the next tax roll, and…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dodge County. At the annual town meeting of the town of Hubbard, in said county, held in April, 1867, a committee of seven freeholders of the town .was appointed, who were directed “to examine Lake street bridge [in said town], repair the same or build a new bridge, as they may [might] think best; the costs and charges of such repairs, or such rebuilding, to be assessed upon the taxable property of the town in the next tax roll, and collected as provided by law.” The committee caused a new bridge to be built, and the same to be paid for in town orders, issued…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The controversy in this case grows out of the alleged invalidity of the tax inserted in the tax roll to raise money to pay the expenses of building the Lake street bridge. It is claimed, on the part of the respondent, that this portion of the town tax at least was entirely void. And first, it is said that the resolution adopted by the electors at the annual town meeting in April, 1867, was invalid for all purposes. By this resolution, a committee of seven freeholders of the town was chosen, *445whose duty it was to examine Lake street bridge, and repair the same or build a new bridge as they…
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