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MADISON v. GEIER

27 Wis.2d 687 (1965)

CITY OF MADISON, Appellant, v. GEIER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 4, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Edwin C. Conrad, city attorney, and David Pappas, assistant city attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Pappas.

For the respondent there were briefs and oral argument by John Kasimatis of Madison.

A brief amicus curiae was filed by Julian Bradbury and Jean G. Setterholm, both of Madison, for the League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

HALLOWS, J.

By sec. 299.30 (5), Stats., the circuit court on an appeal in a municipal forfeiture action is granted the same power as this court under ch. 274 to review, affirm, reverse, or modify the appealed judgment. In such an appeal the circuit court makes no finding of fact; hence, on this appeal this court begins where the appeal to the circuit court began, i.e., the finding of the trial court. In ordinance-violation cases, sometimes called forfeiture...

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