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STATE EX REL. STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY v. CARROLL

261 Wis. 6 (1952)

STATE EX REL. STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN and another, Respondents, vs. CARROLL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 5, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Schubring, Ryan, Petersen & Sutherland of Madison, and oral argument by William Ryan.

For the respondents there was a brief by the Attorney General and Warren H. Resh, assistant attorney general, for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and by Oppenheimer, Hodgson, Brown, Baer & Wolff of St. Paul, Minnesota, for the F. R. Bigelow Foundation, and oral argument by Mr. Resh and Mr. W. H. Oppenheimer.

FAIRCHILD, J.

The mandamus action above referred to was instituted by the State Historical Society and the F. R. Bigelow Foundation, a Minnesota charitable corporation, against William D. Carroll, mayor of the city of Prairie du Chien, and C. A. Plihal, city clerk, for the purpose of compelling the defendants to execute a conveyance of certain property known as Villa Louis and the historical relics contained in the buildings...

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