Schultz v. Milwaukee County

Sec. 4 of art. VI of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin provides as follows :

“Sheriffs, coroners, registers of deeds, district attorneys, and all other county officers except judicial officers, shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties once in every two years. . .

The contention of the plaintiffs is that the enactment of ch. 247, Laws of 1943, takes away from the constitutional office of coroner all its duties with the exception of serving papers upon the sheriff; and when there is no sheriff or under-sheriff in any county to exercise the powers and duties of sheriff,…