Case Name: Morrow vs. The City of Green Bay
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 1882-05-10
Citations: 55 Wis. 112
Docket Number: 
Parties: Morrow vs. The City of Green Bay.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports
Volume: 55
Pages: 112–113

Head Matter:
Morrow vs. The City of Green Bay.
April 7
May 10, 1882.
Stay of Proceedings for Reassessment.
In an action to set aside tax sales and certificates, on the ground that the assessments were void, judgment in plaintiff’s favor is reversed for a refusal to stay proceedings until a reassessment should he made under sec. 12105, R. S., as amended by chapter 255 of 1879.
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County.
The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
H. J. Huntington, for the appellant.
The cause was submitted for the respondent on the brief of Tracy db Bailey.

Opinion:
Outon, J.
This action was brought to set aside certain tax sales and certificates on the ground of void assessments. At the close of the trial the appellant moved for a stay of proceedings until a reassessment could he made, which was refused, and judgment was rendered for the relief demanded in the complaint. The learned counsel on both sides agree that this was erroneous. Single v. Town of Stettin, 49 Wis., 645; Monroe v. Ft. Howard, 50 Wis., 228.
By the Oowrt.— The judgment of the circuit "court is reversed, and the cause remanded with direction to stay all proceedings in the action until a reassessment of the property in said city can.be had according to section .12105, R. S., as amended by chapter 255, Laws of 1879.