S. D. REALTY CO. v. MILWAUKEE


9 Wis.2d 134 (1960)

S. D. REALTY COMPANY, Respondent, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 5, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Walter J. Mattison, city attorney, and Ewald L. Moerke, Jr., and Harvey G. Odenbrett, assistant city attorneys, and oral argument by Mr. Odenbrett and Mr. Moerke.

For the respondent there was a brief by Fairchild, Foley & Sammond and Thomas B. Fifield and John R. Collins, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Fifield.


BROWN, J.

The city of Milwaukee is a city of the first class. By ch. 275, Laws of 1931, and amendments thereto, such cities are empowered to acquire property for various specified public improvements, to construct such improvements, and to finance them by special benefit assessments upon property benefited. The chapter dictates the procedure to be followed by the city in carrying out programs for such benefits and financing them. The statute is commonly known as the...

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