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MISSIONARIES OF LA SALETTE v. MICHALSKI

15 Wis.2d 593 (1962)

MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE, Appellant, v. MICHALSKI, County Clerk, and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 6, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by George D. Prentice of Milwaukee.

For the respondents there was a brief by Robert P. Russell, corporation counsel of Milwaukee county, and John R. Devitt, assistant corporation counsel, and Harry J. Hayes of Milwaukee, for the village of Whitefish Bay, and Maxwell H. Herriott and Thomas A. Clemons of Milwaukee, special counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Herriott, Mr. Devitt, and Mr. Hayes.

BROWN, J.

Appellant, a religious corporation, is an order of the Catholic Church, operating the premises as a dwelling for the brothers of the order. Six priests and one lay brother live there in a communal fashion as prescribed by canon law of the Catholic Church. The house is commonly called the "mission." It has a chapel in which daily services are conducted for the residents. The priests are under the supervision of a superior who lives at the mission. He is immediately...

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