Battles v. Doll
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Sauk county: R. G. Siebeokeb, Circuit Judge. Tbe plaintiff is county treasurer of Sauk county. Prairie du Sac is a regularly incorporated village in said county, and bas no bridges within its corporate limits. Tbe defendant Doll is tbe village treasurer, and tbe other defendants are bis sureties.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Sauk county: R. G. Siebeokeb, Circuit Judge. Tbe plaintiff is county treasurer of Sauk county. Prairie du Sac is a regularly incorporated village in said county, and bas no bridges within its corporate limits. Tbe defendant Doll is tbe village treasurer, and tbe other defendants are bis sureties. At its annual meeting in 1900 tbe county board of Sauk county raised tbe sum of $4,000 to assist certain towns in building bridges pursuant to tbe provisions of sec. 1319, Stats. 1898. A portion of said bridge tax was levied upon tbe taxable property of…
1Opinion of the CourtBaRdeeh, J.
The village of Prairie du Sac was incorporated undea* the general law of the state in 1885. It had the powers and assumed the obligations granted and imposed by eh. 40 of the General Statutes. In 1900 the county board of Sauk county voted to raise a sum of money by taxation to aid certain towns in the building of bridges, as provided for in sec. 1319, Stats. 1898. This section requires the sum so raised to be levied upon the taxable property of the county, and then says:
“Provided, that nothing herein contained shall authorize the levy of any tax upon the property of any city or incorporated…
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