Rehfuss v. City of La Crosse

We shall consider the principal contention made by the plaintiff without deciding whether the action was begun in the proper form. The contention of the plaintiff here is that the city of La Crosse may not condemn lands for the benefit of the La Crosse Public Library for the reason that the La Crosse Public Library is a private corporation; that the power conferred upon the city by sec. 62.22, Stats., cannot be exercised for the benefit of a private corporation. This argument is based upon the fact that the city of La Crosse has no control or authority over the library which is managed and…