Frederickson v. Willow River Cemetery Ass'n
Frederickson v. Willow River Cemetery Ass'n
Opinion of the Court
The controversy on this appeal arises over the construction to be given see. 1454, Stats. (1898), which reads as follows:
“No person, association or corporation shall lay out or establish any cemetery grounds or use any lot or groundsi for burial purposes (except such as are now in use for such*506 purposes) within the limits of any recorded plat of any city or village or of any recorded addition thereto, when such cemetery, lot or grounds shall be within one mile of any lot or block therein on which any building may then be erected; and no person, association or corporation shall lay out or establish any cemetery grounds or use any grounds for burial purposes except such as are now in use for such purposes without the limits of such plat or addition thereto and within two hundred rods of any inhabited dwelling standing on any lot or block in such city or village or addition thereto without first obtaining the consent of the municipal authorities thereof. . . . Any violation hereof shall be deemed a nuisance and may be restrained by injunction at the suit of any person. . . .”
It is insisted by appellant that this section does not prohibit the establishment of the cemetery in question (1) because plaintiff’s dwelling" is not in the same addition as the proposed cemetery grounds, and (2) because the section does not prohibit the establishment of a cemetery either within, or without the limits of any recorded plat of any city or village, or of any recorded addition thereto, when such cemetery grounds shall be within one mile of any lot or block in such plat or addition on which any building may then be erected, if the consent of the common council of the municipality shall have been obtained. In other words, the contention is that the provision requiring consent of the municipal authorities relates to the first part of the section regarding cemeteries within the recorded plat as well as to cemeteries without the limits of the plat or addition.
“Sec. 1454, Stats. (1898), prohibits the establishment of any cemetery for burial purposes within the platted portion of any city or village in this state so as to approach nearer than one mile to any lot or block in the plat upon which there may be a building; also prohibits the laying out or establishment of any cemetery outside the platted portion of any city or village within 200 rods of an inhabited dwelling standing on any lot or block in such city or village, without? first obtaining the consent of the municipal authorities thereof, and declares that any violation of the statute shall be deemed a nuisance and subject to abatement at the suit of any person aggrieved.”
The view we take of the case renders it unnecessary to treat other questions discussed. The judgment of the court below is right and should be affirmed.
By the Court. — The judgment is affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Frederickson v. Willow River Cemetery Association
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