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MILWAUKEE v. HORVATH

31 Wis.2d 490 (1966)

CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Respondent, v. HORVATH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

July 1, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Dorothy E. Horvath of Whitefish Bay, pro se.

For the respondent there was a brief by John J. Fleming, city attorney, and Patrick J. Madden, assistant city attorney, and oral argument by William J. Lukacevich, assistant city attorney.

WILKIE, J.

The single issue presented on this appeal is whether Milwaukee Ordinance, sec. 101-321,2 which permits imprisonment upon failure to pay a fine, is constitutional.

It is well established that actions for violations of municipal ordinances, such as those in the instant case, are civil proceedings.3 Appellant contends that the disputed ordinance is repugnant to both sec. 1, art. XIII

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