State ex rel. Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. Patterson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. Vihtje, Circuit Judge. Eor the year 1907 the Pittsburgh Goal Company of Wisconsin had in its possession on its dock at Superior, Wisconsin, $82,000 worth of coal. Such property, in due season, was placed on the assessment roll of the city of Superior for taxation for such year as the property of, or as properly assessable to, said company.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. Vihtje, Circuit Judge. Eor the year 1907 the Pittsburgh Goal Company of Wisconsin had in its possession on its dock at Superior, Wisconsin, $82,000 worth of coal. Such property, in due season, was placed on the assessment roll of the city of Superior for taxation for such year as the property of, or as properly assessable to, said company. Thereafter such company seasonably made application to the board of review of the city of Superior to have the assessment expunged from the assessment roll upon the ground that the…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
A question of practice is suggested as to whether it was proper for the trial court to close the contro-wersy by formal findings of fact and conclusions of law, in form as in case of a trial of an equitable action. Strictly speaking, no such proceedings were necessary. The certio-rari only presented questions of law. The theory upon which -a proceeding of a c/uasi-judicial body, involving matters of *480fact determinable upon evidence, is challenged for judicial review, is that such evidence does not reasonably admit of a finding but one way and that contrary findings are errors of law and that…
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- Miller ex rel. Second National Bank v. SeamanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Fromme v. O'DonnellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
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