Rudolph Volunteer Fire Department v. Town of Rudolph

Appellant seeks to recover under sec. 60.29 (18m), Stats., which provides:

“Any town failing to provide under subsection (18) or otherwise for a fire department and fire-fighting apparatus and equipment for extinguishing fires in such towns shall be liable for the services of any fire department in fighting fire and appearing to fight fire in such town upon request.”

Sub. (18) there referred to requires the town board to provide fire protection for its inhabitants in one of two ways: It may establish a fire department of its own, or it may contract with another town in which a fire department…