State ex rel. Jones v. Burke
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from orders of the circuit court for Dodge county: MaetiN L. Luece, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from parts of three alleged orders. One of such orders quashes an alternative writ of mandamus sued out to compel the mayor and common council of the city of Beaver Dam to levy the amount of school taxes certified by the school board to the city council for the year 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNes, J.
Under the special charter of the city of' Beaver Dam, as amended by ch. 96, P. & L. Laws of 1859, the power was vested in the school board to determine and certify to the common council by July 1st in each year the amount of money necessary to support the schools of the city for the ensuing year, and it was made incumbent on the common council to levy the amount so certified for school' purposes. State ex rel. Ordway v. Smith, 11 Wis. 65. The-power of the school board was materially curtailed by sec. 4,. subch. X, ch. 83, Laws of 1885; but we may assume for the purposes of this case that ch.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Ordway v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
3Cited by1 opinion
- State ex rel. Board of Education v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931