Palms v. Shawano County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Langlade County. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The circuit court held that ch. 114, Laws of 1819, was invalid so far as it attempted to confer jurisdiction upon the county of Shaw-ano to assess taxes and attempts to create the county of New. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This is an action brought to set aside the taxes of 1879, levied upon certain lands now in Langlade county, by the authority of the county board of supervisors of Shawano county. The learned counsel for the respondents claim that the county board of Shawano county had no authority to levy the taxes in question. The authority for levying the same by the county of Shawano depends upon the construction and validity of secs. 12-16, ch. 114, Laws of 1879. Sec. 12 of said chapter reads as follows:
“ All the remaining portion of the county of Oconto included within the following boundaries, to wit:…
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