State ex rel. Milwaukee County v. Buech
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Fritz, Circuit Judge. Mandamus to compel the defendant, as sheriff of Milwaukee County, to reinstate the petitioner, John B. Kozik, in his office as deputy sheriff and to properly place and certify his ñame on the payroll.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Fritz, Circuit Judge. Mandamus to compel the defendant, as sheriff of Milwaukee County, to reinstate the petitioner, John B. Kozik, in his office as deputy sheriff and to properly place and certify his ñame on the payroll. The petition alleges that John B. Kozik was duly appointed deputy sheriff of Milwaukee County on the 1st day of January, 1917; that defendant Robert Buech was elected to the office of sheriff of Milwaukee County in November, 1918, and entered upon the duties of his office on the first Monday of…
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
Sec. 16.43, Stats. 1919 (the civil service law. in question), provides:
“All persons included within the classified service of any county, at the time sections 16.31 to 16.44, inclusive, go into effect therein, appointed for a definite term; shall be required to take examinations under said sections, as soon as practicable .after the expiration of such definite term, except persons who have been on the payrolls of such county continuously for the four years- immediately preceding the date upon which said sections go into effect in said county; and except that all such persons being in service…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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