State ex rel. City of Augusta v. Losby
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Eau Claire-county: James O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Proceedings were duly bad, on petition of tbe mayor and common council of tbe city of Eau Glaire, pursuant to see. 1077®, Stats. 1898, for a revision of tbe county assessment of tbe property in tbe various taxing districts thereof for 1899, resulting in a decision by tbe commissioners, duly evidenced by their certificate filed with tbe county clerk according to law, reducing the…
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Eau Claire-county: James O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Proceedings were duly bad, on petition of tbe mayor and common council of tbe city of Eau Glaire, pursuant to see. 1077®, Stats. 1898, for a revision of tbe county assessment of tbe property in tbe various taxing districts thereof for 1899, resulting in a decision by tbe commissioners, duly evidenced by their certificate filed with tbe county clerk according to law, reducing the assessed value of tbe property of such city $1,177,403, and that of tbe city of Altoona $6,909, and’ increasing the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed April 22, 1902:
Maeshall, J.
The commissioners having concluded their labors, filed the result thereof with the county clerk, and gone out of office before the filing of the petition for the writ, obviously they had no control oyer the official record of their proceedings, and were not proper parties for the purpose of bringing the same before the court. If the writ had been directed to them alone, the court would have obtained no jurisdiction to consider any question touching their decision. It has been so often held by this court that a writ of certiorari must…
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