Rice v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court of Milwaukee county: Geo. E. Sutheeland, Judge. They argued, among other things, that in order to be available in reduction of the outstanding indebtedness the cash on hand must be lawfully applicable to the payment of such indebtedness.
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Appeal from an order of the superior court of Milwaukee county: Geo. E. Sutheeland, Judge. They argued, among other things, that in order to be available in reduction of the outstanding indebtedness the cash on hand must be lawfully applicable to the payment of such indebtedness. If such cash belongs to a particular fund pledged by law for a specific purpose, against which there is no outstanding indebtedness, the amount of cash belonging to such specific fund cannot reduce, within the meaning of the constitution, the amount of other outstanding indebtedness. French v. .Burlington, 42 Iowa,…
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