State ex rel. Martin v. Kalb
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The case is thus stated by JVIr. Justice Tayloe : “By chapter 9, Laws of 1875, a court of limited civil and criminal jurisdiction was created in the county of Brown, designated £ the second county court for Brown county.’ The act provided for the election of a judge of said court, who should hold his office for the term of six years from the first day of January, 1876, It also provided that whenever a vacancy should occur in…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The case is thus stated by JVIr. Justice Tayloe : “By chapter 9, Laws of 1875, a court of limited civil and criminal jurisdiction was created in the county of Brown, designated £ the second county court for Brown county.’ The act provided for the election of a judge of said court, who should hold his office for the term of six years from the first day of January, 1876, It also provided that whenever a vacancy should occur in the office of the county judge then in office as judge of probate, the business pending in such county court should be…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylob, J.
It is insisted by the learned counsel for the appellant, that the legislature has no power to reduce the salary of the relator during his term of office, and that he is entitled to receive the salary fixed by the legislature at the time of his election, and when he entered upon the duties of his office. This claim is based upon the last clause of section 26, art. IY of the constitution, which reads as follows: “PTor shall the 'compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished during his term of office.”
It will be seen, by an examination of the constitution, that neither the term…
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