State v. Trumpf
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action, in the nature of a quo warranto, was founded on the following complaint: “ The complaint of the above-named plaintiffs against the above-named defendant respectfully shows, that at an election held in the city of Milwaukee on the first Tuesday in April, 1878, said defendant was elected treasurer of the city of Milwaukee for the official term of two years then next ensuing, according to the provisions of the…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action, in the nature of a quo warranto, was founded on the following complaint: “ The complaint of the above-named plaintiffs against the above-named defendant respectfully shows, that at an election held in the city of Milwaukee on the first Tuesday in April, 1878, said defendant was elected treasurer of the city of Milwaukee for the official term of two years then next ensuing, according to the provisions of the charter of said city, and that he qualified, and entered upon the discharge of the duties of said office; that at the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed May 27, 1880:
LyoN, J.
Only two cases have been adjudicated by this court which have any direct bearing upon the questions to be determined on this appeal. These are State ex rel. Off v. Smith, 14 Wis., 497, and State ex rel. Schuet v. Murray, 28 Wis., 96. In the first of these cases it was held to be a fundamental principle of our government that a person not an elector of the state is ineligible to hold a public office therein, although our constitution and "statutes do not expressly so ordain.' In the latter case it was held that, in the absence of any…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Schuet v. MurrayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
- State ex rel. Off v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
- State ex rel. Finch v. WashburnWisconsin Supreme Court · 1864
3Cited by22 opinions
- State ex rel. Wisconsin Development Authority v. DammannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1938
- Taylor v. SullivanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Smith v. MooreIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
- Privett v. BickfordSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
- State ex rel. Perine v. Van BeekSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
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