94 Wis. 651 | Wis. | 1897
This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, alleging, among other things, in effect, that March 11,1892, Albert Ziese and wife, being the owners of the two lots described, mortgaged the same to Bergmann for $650; that March 13,1895, Bergmann assigned the mortgage to the plaintiff; that March 16, 1895,
Thus it appears that the resolution for grading and graveling the street was introduced in the council May 14,1894, and adopted June 11,1894; that is to say, it was adopted twenty-eight days, or four weeks, after it was introduced, if we exclude the first day and include the last day. The charter provides that no such resolution ordering the grading, graveling, or paving of a street or streets or alley, the paving of gutters, or the making of sidewalks, without a petition therefor, shall be voted upon or passed at any meeting of the common council held within four weeks from the time of its presentation to the council; and the vote, on its passage; shall be taken by yeas and nays, and duly entered in the journal of the proceedings. Charter [Laws of 1874, ch.- 184], subch. YII, sec. 6. Here there was no petition, and the question reeurs whether the resolution was “ voted. upon or passed ” at a meeting “ held within four weeks from the time of its presentation,” within the prohibition of the charter.
This provision of the charter is substantially the same as when it provided that “Every resolution ordering work without a petition therefor shall lie over at least four weeks. after its introduction, and no action shall be taken by the ■ common council if within that time a remonstrance
In writing the opinion of the court in Wright v. Forrestal, supra, Mr. Justice Taylor said: “ The statutory provision in this case is an unusual one, and very few, if any, of the decisions will be found applicable to the language used in the stat
2. The assessment of benefits and damages as reviewed and corrected by the board of public works and transmitted to the common council, as set forth in the complaint, seems to be very much the same as iu Wright v. Forrestal, supra, and the same was held good in that case. But this case being here upon demurrer, the allegations of the complaint must be considered as true; and that alleges, in effect, that the board of public works, before ordering the work to be done in front of the plaintiff’s premises, did not view the same, or consider the amount proposed to be made chargeable against the same and the benefits which would accrue to the plaintiff in consequence of the alleged improvement, and did not assess against the premises the amount of benefits which they would derive therefrom when completed in the manner contemplated, and did not take into consideration the injury to, and total destruction of, the plaintiff’s premises. Assuming these allegations to be true, as we must on this demurrer, it is very obvious that the complaint does state a good cause of action.
By the Cowrt.— The order of the circuit court is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings according to law. -