Hall v. Wisconsin
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreine Court of the State of Wisconsin. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. The case we are called on to consider is thus disclosed in. the record: —
By an act of the legislature, entitled “ An Act to provide for' a geological, mineralogical, and’ agricultural survey of the State,” approved March 8, 1857, James Hall, of the State of New York, the plaintiff in error, and Ezra Carr and Edward Daniels, of Wisconsin, were appointed “commissioners” to make the survey. Their duties were specifically defined, and were all of a scientific character.
They were required-to distribute the functions of their work by…
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