State ex rel. City Construction Co. v. Kotecki
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from au order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. C. Eschweilee, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from an order quashing an alternative writ of mandamus.
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Appeal from au order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. C. Eschweilee, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from an order quashing an alternative writ of mandamus. Tbe alternative writ was issued to compel tbe comptroller of tbe city of Milwaukee to proceed under cb. 71, Laws of 1901, now secs. 926 — 135 to 926 — 138, Stats., by accepting, filing, and including in bis statement of special assessments to be placed in tbe next tax roll of tbe city of Milwaukee a special assessment certificate issued to tbe relator, a contractor, after the special assessment evidenced by such certificate bad…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbe order appealed from was affirmed February 27, 1914, and tbe following opinion was filed March 17, 1914:
TimliN, J.
Tbe question presented is whether tbe statutes above referred to apply to tbe city of Milwaukee. In order to correctly apply these statutes we must keep in mind tbe situation in this state with reference to city charters at tbe time of their enactment. Prior to March 26, 1901, there were in this state cities having authority to issue to contractors or others in payment of some contracts special assessment certificates. City charters with reference to delinquent city taxes could…
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