Foster v. Rowe
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Chippewa county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. This action is brought by the plaintiff as a taxpayer of the village of Fairchild, Eau Claire county, on behalf of himself and all other taxpayers similarly situated, to restrain the village authorities from spreading on the village tax roll the tax in question, which had been authorized by the commissioners of equalization under secs. 1077a, 1077b, Stats.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Chippewa county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. This action is brought by the plaintiff as a taxpayer of the village of Fairchild, Eau Claire county, on behalf of himself and all other taxpayers similarly situated, to restrain the village authorities from spreading on the village tax roll the tax in question, which had been authorized by the commissioners of equalization under secs. 1077a, 1077b, Stats. (1898)'. The village authorities defaulted in the ease, and the defendant Rows, a taxpayer of the city of Eau Claire, was allowed to defend. He…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed April 30, 1907:
Seebeckee, J.
The former opinion sustaining the demurrer passed specifically on the question of the constitutionality of the law authorizing the appointment of commissioners and prescribing their duties and power to review county assessments made by the county boards. It is stated in the opinion “that the proceedings of the board, if conducted in good faith and within its jurisdiction, are final and conclusive, and the question to be considered is whether the allegations of the complaint show such a disregard of duty as to render its acts contrary…
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