City of South Milwaukee v. Schantzen

The appellant assigns a number of errors, among them an alteration of the affidavit at the trial by the justice, so that it charged drunken instead of reckless driving; and the sentence of a “fine” when the statute authorizes only a forfeiture, and imprisonment in the house of correction while the ordinance specifies the county jail. The appeal also attacks the sufficiency of the evidence upon which the defendant was found guilty. We do not treat these matters because we think the question of jurisdiction makes discussion of them unnecessary.

Sec. 62.24 (1), Stats., authorizes a city to elect…