Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Lincoln County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Lincoln County. The action was commenced April 27, 1880, to cancel certificates of sale of the lands described in the complaint for the unpaid taxes of 1876, and to restrain the defendant, the county clerk, from issuing tax deeds pursuant to such, certificates.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Lincoln County. The action was commenced April 27, 1880, to cancel certificates of sale of the lands described in the complaint for the unpaid taxes of 1876, and to restrain the defendant, the county clerk, from issuing tax deeds pursuant to such, certificates. The complaint alleges that the sales were made and the certificates issued in May, 1877, and that the defendant The defendants having failed to answer the complaint within the time allowed by law, and the default having been satisfactorily excused, the court granted leave to the defendant county to…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
An important if not the controlling question in the case is, Were the lands described in the complaint exempt from assessment and taxation in the year 1876? Chapters 314 and 362, P. & L. Laws of 1866, conferring the land grant of May 5,1864 (which includes the lands here in question), upon the two railroad companies therein named (to the rights of which said companies the plaintiff company has succeeded), each contains the following provision: “ The lands ’granted or intended to be granted by the provisions of this act to the company hereby created, shall be and hereby are exempt from all…
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- Plumer v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
- Bell v. . PierceNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Clarke v. Lincoln CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
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