Matteson v. Town of Rosendale
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. Action to recover the sum of $61.17, which plaintiff claimed had been illegally collected of him by the treasurer of the defendant town, as a school district tax.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. Action to recover the sum of $61.17, which plaintiff claimed had been illegally collected of him by the treasurer of the defendant town, as a school district tax. After the plaintiff had given evidence of the seizure of his property to raise said sum, by the treasurer under his warrant, the tax roll of the town and the certificate of the district clerk to the town clerk, on which the tax was assessed, and that no list of the persons liable to tax in the district accompanied the same, he rested. On motion of defendant the court ordered that…
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, C. J.
The treasurer of the town which is the respondent here, collected a school district tax against the appellant by sale of his property The town clerk put the tax in question in the tax roll, solely on the authority of a certificate or statement of the clerk of the school district, that the annual meeting of his district had voted a tax, giving the amount, which the town clerk was directed to assess on the taxable property of the district. This certificate was verified by the oath of the district clerk, but contained nothing further, and was unaccompanied by any other paper.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matheson v. Town of MazomanieWisconsin Supreme Court · 1865
- Town of Ripon v. Joint School District No. ElevenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1863
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