State ex rel. Cook v. Houser
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Acarón, commenced in this court, for an injunction against the Secretary of State. This canse was submitted for decision on motions made by counsel for the respective parties upon the complaint and an-' swer.
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Acarón, commenced in this court, for an injunction against the Secretary of State. This canse was submitted for decision on motions made by counsel for the respective parties upon the complaint and an-' swer. The pleadings, so far as necessary to the application of the principles which rule the cause, omitting details, are to this effect: 1. On the part of the relators: That the duly called and held convention of the Eepublican party of the state of Wisconsin for the purpose of nominating candidates for the various state-offices to be filled at the general election in 1904, and presidential…
1Opinion of the Court
On October 20, 1904, the following opinion was filed:
Maesiiaill, J.
At the outset in writing this opinion it seems proper to say that the court at no time since the cause was submitted has been insensible to the intense anxiety of the people of this state for a speedy determination of the important questions involved. That anxiety fully justified, if it did not do more, giving the cause preference over all ordinary business here and it has been given that preference. Obviously in such an important matter neither the circumstance referred to nor any other could have justified haste in reaching…
2Cases cited79 opinions
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- Matter of RyersNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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