BEARDSLEY v. DARLINGTON


14 Wis.2d 369 (1961)

BEARDSLEY, Appellant, v. CITY OF DARLINGTON and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Schnurrer & Skemp, and oral argument by T. H. Skemp and by Joseph D. Becker, all of La Crosse.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Gilbert F. Barnard of Darlington.


BROWN, J.

Appellant submits that the issue before us is this:

"Is a legislative act by a Wisconsin municipal corporation, authorizing the expenditure of taxpayers' money for the purpose of the erection and maintenance of a television-translator station, a valid exercise of its legislative function?"

The material facts on this issue are not in dispute. The answer to appellant's question is a matter of law.

Appellant contends that the proposed...

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