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JACKSON v. MADISON

12 Wis.2d 359 (1961)

JACKSON, Appellant, v. CITY OF MADISON and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 10, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Ela, Christianson, Ela, Esch, Hart & Clark of Madison, and oral argument by Walter P. Ela.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Harold E. Hanson, city attorney, and Randolph R. Canners of Madison, for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

MARTIN, C. J.

Two questions are raised by the appellant:

1. Will it be a gross abuse of discretion by the Madison city council to spend $5,500,000 of its taxpayer's money to build a civic auditorium and parking ramp on the bed of Lake Monona which is owned by the state and for the use of which the state has granted to the city only a revocable permit?

2. Does sec. 66.073, Stats., as amended by ch. 8, Laws of 1959, prohibit erection of the proposed...

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