Legal Opinion

Roelvink v. City of Milwaukee

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 7, 1956PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Broadfoot, ¡J.

The amended complaint herein contains four separate causes of action. The first cause of action is based on allegations that the agent for the city had made threats to condemn the property if the plaintiffs did not voluntarily sell the same to the city, and that they conveyed said real estate by reason of threats and coercion. Each of the other causes of action realleges the material parts of the first cause of action.

The second cause of action is based upon a claim that at the time of the conveyance there was no legal public purpose and necessity to justify the taking of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mills v. Forest Preserve DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Moseley v. Owensboro Municipal Housing CommissionCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1952

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. A. v. Goodpasture v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
  2. Beatty v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958
  3. Polanski v. Town of Eagle PointWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Brunswick Corp., Mercury Marine Division v. HeringMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. Stark v. GiganteWisconsin Supreme Court · 1961

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