State ex rel. Boycott v. Mayor of La Crosse
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse -county: R. G-. Siebeokeb, Judge. This is an action of eeriiorcuri brought in due time, under the provisions of ch. 165, Laws of 1899, to test the validity ■of the attempted adoption by the common council of the ■ city of La Crosse of certain sections of ch. 40a of the Statutes of 1898, being what is known as the general city charter law.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse -county: R. G-. Siebeokeb, Judge. This is an action of eeriiorcuri brought in due time, under the provisions of ch. 165, Laws of 1899, to test the validity ■of the attempted adoption by the common council of the ■ city of La Crosse of certain sections of ch. 40a of the Statutes of 1898, being what is known as the general city charter law. The city of La Crosse is a city incorporated under a ■special charter, viz. ch. 162, Laws of 1887. On the 13th day • of April, 1900, the common council attempted by ordinance "to adopt certain…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The facts in the present case are similar to those presented in the case of Adams v. Beloit, 105 Wis. 363, with the important difference that in the Adams Case the ordinance of adoption included the whole of subch. XVIII, set forth in the statement of facts, except sec. 174, whereas the ordinance attacked in the present case omits secs. 172, 173, 174, 176, 199, and 200.
The conclusions reached in the Adams Case were, in substance, that the statutory provision authorizing a city acting under a special charter to adopt a part of the general charter law is valid, at least as applied to the…
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