Cardinal Publishing Co. v. City of Madison

The sufficiency of the complaint is challenged on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. This claim is based principally upon the proposition that the allegation contained in the complaint that the property of plaintiff company is devoted primarily to the publication of the Daily Cardinal is not sufficient to bring it within the exempt class provided for in sec. 70.11 (4), Stats., which provides that “Personal property owned by any religious, scientific, literary, educational or benevolent association . . . which is used exclusively for the…