CRAWFORD v. WHITTOW

No. 84-1098.

123 Wis.2d 174 (1985)

366 N.W.2d 155

Thomas J. CRAWFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wayne F. WHITTOW, individually, and as the Treasurer of the City of Milwaukee, Gregory Gorak, individually and as an alderman employee of the City of Milwaukee, Richard Spaulding, individually and as an alderman employee of the City of Milwaukee, Daniel Ziolkowski, individually and as an alderman employee of the City of Milwaukee, and the City of Milwaukee, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas J. Crawford, Esq. (appearing prose) of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Grant F. Langley, city attorney, with Scott G. Thomas, assistant city attorney, of counsel, of Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Moser and Sullivan, JJ.


MOSER, J.

Thomas J. Crawford (Crawford) filed a complaint against the City of Milwaukee (City), three Milwaukee aldermen and the city treasurer alleging that they violated sec. 11.33, Stats., by enclosing a "special message" in the property tax bills sent to Milwaukee homeowners. Crawford appeals the trial court's dismissal of the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.1 We affirm.

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