State ex rel. Hicks v. Stevens
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Chippewa county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. By ch. 469, Laws of 1901, the legislature created the county of Gates. The territory included in the new county constituted the northern part of Chippewa county. By the apportionment act (ch. 164, Laws of 1901), Chippewa county was divided into two assembly districts. The new county includes the north part of the Second assembly district.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Chippewa county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. By ch. 469, Laws of 1901, the legislature created the county of Gates. The territory included in the new county constituted the northern part of Chippewa county. By the apportionment act (ch. 164, Laws of 1901), Chippewa county was divided into two assembly districts. The new county includes the north part of the Second assembly district. Sec. 11, ch. 469, is as follows: “ The said county of Gates shall be, and shall constitute a part of the Twenty-Fourth senatorial district, and shall also be attached…
1Opinion of the CourtBardeen, J.
The decisions in the cases of State ex rel. Att’y Gen. v. Cunningham, 81 Wis. 440, and State ex rel. *172Lamb v. Cunningham, 83 Wis. 148, settled the question that the'legislature had no power to break up county lines and boundaries in apportioning assembly districts; that the provisions of sec. 4, art. IV, of the constitution, that assembly districts should “be bounded by county, precinct, town or ward lines,” was mandatory; and that any apportionment act in violation thereof was void. No doubt has been thrown upon the correctness of those decisions. Counsel for the defendants have argued at…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. CunningamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
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- People Ex Rel. Henderson v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Slauson v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
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