MARSHALL DRAINAGE DIST. v. FESTGE


272 Wis. 114 (1956)

MARSHALL DRAINAGE DISTRICT, Respondent, vs. FESTGE, County Clerk, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Richard W. Bardwell, district attorney of Dane county, and Gordon E. Brewer, assistant district attorney.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by William R. Curkeet, Jr., of Madison.


MARTIN, J.

Respondent petitioned for an alternative writ of mandamus, alleging that pursuant to an order of the circuit court for Dane county dated July 9, 1953, respondent levied upon Dane county an assessment for benefits to highways, and that the county refused to pay the same. The alternative writ issued on June 17, 1955. Appellant answered, alleging that Dane county is neither owner nor mortgagee of the lands upon which the highways are located and therefore...

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