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GARFIELD INVESTMENT CO. v. TOWN OF OCONOMOWOC

257 Wis. 98 (1950)

GARFIELD INVESTMENT COMPANY, Respondent, vs. TOWN OF OCONOMOWOC, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 2, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was submitted for the appellant on the brief of Alvin G. Brendemuehl of Oconomowoc, and for the respondent on the brief of Clayton A. Cramer and Robert T. McGraw, both of Waukesha.

HUGHES, J.

The town concedes that there can be no legal tax levy for expenditures made by it on a private roadway, but seeks to defend against the plaintiff's action on the ground that it was merely collection of a debt by the town which the plaintiff was estopped to deny because it had received the benefits of the expenditures made by the town and had participated in similar transactions in previous years.

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