Wentworth v. Racine County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eacine county: Eeank M. Eish, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff filed a bill for services as justice of the peace, for allowance by the defendant county, made out in accordance with the general statute on the subject.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eacine county: Eeank M. Eish, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff filed a bill for services as justice of the peace, for allowance by the defendant county, made out in accordance with the general statute on the subject. Such board, having previous to the performance of the services made a regulation in regard to officers’ fees in certain cases, pursuant to ch. 250, Laws of 1895, determined that plaintiff was only entitled to recover in accordance with such regulations., and accordingly allowed his bill in part and disallowed it in part. Prom such…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
The questions for consideration on this appeal are: (1) Is ch. 250, Laws of 1895, void for uncertainty ? (2) Is such chapter improper or unconstitutional? (3) Is it requisite to the validity of a regulation fixing officers’ fees under such chapter that it be published, as laws are required to be published under the constitution and statutes of this state? (4) Was the question of the legality of plaintiff’s claim res adgudicata by reason of the court having, in a previous action between the same parties, allowed a recovery of fees in accordance with the general statutes ? These questions will…
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