Lund v. Chippewa County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Chippewa •county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. Ch. 138, Laws of 1895, entitled “An act to establish a home for the custody, training and education of the feeble-minded, -epileptic and idiotic, and to appropriate certain sums of .money therein named,” was published and went into effect April 9, 1895, and provided, among other things, in effect: '(Sec. 1) That there is created and established, for the care, ■custody, and training of…
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Chippewa •county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. Ch. 138, Laws of 1895, entitled “An act to establish a home for the custody, training and education of the feeble-minded, -epileptic and idiotic, and to appropriate certain sums of .money therein named,” was published and went into effect April 9, 1895, and provided, among other things, in effect: '(Sec. 1) That there is created and established, for the care, ■custody, and training of the feeble-minded, epileptic, and idiotic of this state, an institution to be known as “The "Wisconsin Home for the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed June 19, 1896:
Oassoday, O. J.
1. It is contended by counsel for the plaintiff that a county is not a municipality, within the meaning of ch. 138, Laws of 1895. Properly speaking, municipal corporations are brought into éxistence at the instance or request of the persons residing therein, for their own local advancement and convenience. On the other hand, counties are local subdivisions of the state, created by its own sovereign power and will, without the particular solicitation, consent, or concurrent action of the citizens thereof, and almost exclusively with…
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