MOHR v. MILWAUKEE

No. 80-406.

101 Wis.2d 670 (1981)

305 N.W.2d 174

Andrew R. MOHR and Alice J. Mohr, his wife, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Respondent, Leroy J. HARRIS and Johnnie M. Harris, his wife, Defendants-Respondents and Cross-Appellants, James D. COLLINS and Agnes J. Collins, his wife, Valecia Washington, Liddie Collins, Clara Carter, Globe Union Credit Union, a Wisconsin corporation, W. T. Grant Company, a foreign corporation, James Bruce, First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee, a national banking association, St. Anthony Hospital, a Wisconsin corporation, Harley Davidson Credit Union, a Wisconsin corporation, Mid City Realty, Co., Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and State of Wisconsin, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant and cross-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of James B. Brennan, city attorney, and Michael A. I. Whitcomb, assistant city attorney, of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents and cross-appellants the cause was submitted on the brief of John B. Werra and Patrick F. Brown of Milwaukee.

For the plaintiffs-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Rakita & Rakita of Milwaukee.

Before Voss, P.J., Brown and Scott, J.J.


BROWN, J.

The City of Milwaukee appeals from an order finding it in contempt of a foreclosure judgment. The city was, by virtue of its claim for outstanding real estate taxes, a named defendant in the foreclosure action. The judgment contained a prohibition against the commission of waste on the property during the one year redemption period. After expiration of the redemption period and after notice was given to all interested parties, the city razed the subject...

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