FULTON FOUNDATION v. DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION


13 Wis.2d 1 (1961)

FULTON FOUNDATION and others, Respondents, v. DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was argued by E. Weston Wood, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs were John W. Reynolds, attorney general, and Harold H. Persons, assistant attorney general.

For the respondents there was a brief by Foley, Sammond & Lardner and Frederic Sammond and James R. Modrall, attorneys, and Bender, Trump, Davidson & Godfrey and Walter H. Bender and Kneeland A. Godfrey of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Frederic Sammond and Mr. Modrall.


CURRIE, J.

Sec. 72.75 (5) (a), Stats. 1947, provided as follows:

"All property transferred to municipal corporations within the state for strictly county, town, or municipal purposes, or to corporations or voluntary associations of the state, organized under its laws, solely for religious, humane, charitable, or educational purposes, ... which shall use such property exclusively for the...

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