Attorney-General ex rel. Carpenter v. Ely
Wisconsin Supreme Court
This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the attorney-general upon the relation of Matthew H. Carpenter against George B. Ely.
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This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the attorney-general upon the relation of Matthew H. Carpenter against George B. Ely. The relation sets forth that the relator, at a general election held in the several towns and wards in the county of Rock, on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday of November, 1854, received the greatest number of votes cast in the several towns and wards in said county for the office of district attorney of said county of Rock, and was thereby duly and legally elected to said office for tbe term of two .years from the first Monday of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto filed against the respondent for an alleged intrusion into the office of district attorney for Rock county. The respondent in his plea, in substance sets up an election to the office, at the general election in November, 1854; that he had received a certificate of election from the clerk of the county board of supervisors of said county, had filed his bond, and taken the oath of office, and therefore might lawfully enjoy and exercise the same. Issue was taken upon the allegation of the plea that the respondent was…
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