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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION v. WYOMING

267 Wis. 599 (1954)

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION, Appellant, vs. TOWN OF WYOMING and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 9, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Frederic Sammond of Milwaukee, Randolph R. Conners and Frederick F. Hillyer, both of Madison, attorneys, and Robert L. Wright of Washington, D. C., and Fairchild, Foley & Sammond of Milwaukee, of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Sammond, Mr. Conners, and Mr. Hillyer.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Harry A. Speich of Mineral Point, and Wilson H. Brue of Dodgeville.

FAIRCHILD, C. J.

The evidence shows that the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation was incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in 1940 by Frank Lloyd Wright, Ogilvanna Lloyd Wright, his wife, and William Wesley Peters, their son-in-law, as an outgrowth of an earlier association formed in 1932 known as "Taliesin Fellowship." Among other things, the articles of incorporation of the Foundation state that the business and purpose of...

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