State ex rel. Martin v. Doyle
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Mandamus. On the 20th of April, 1875, the relator applied to this court for an alternative writ of mandamus directed to Peter Doyle, as secretary of state.
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APPLICATION for a Mandamus. On the 20th of April, 1875, the relator applied to this court for an alternative writ of mandamus directed to Peter Doyle, as secretary of state. His affidavit, after stating his reasons for making the application in this court, makes the following case: Pursuant to ch. 248, Laws of 1878, and ch. 152, Laws of 1874, the claim of the relator for damages against the state Was duly submitted to three commissioners, duly appointed by the governor, to hear, try and determine such claim. These met at Janesville, June 16, 1874, and a majority of them tried and determined…
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, C. J.
It is unnecessary to pass upon the grave questions suggested on the argument, whether the legislature had power to pass chapters 243 of 1878, and 152 of 1874, submitting the relator’s claim to the final arbitrament of commissioners, approved by the secretary of state, and making the amount of an appropriation of public money dependent on the determination of persons not constitutional officers; and how far such a submission is in conflict with sec. 27, art. IV of the constitution : or with sec. 2, art. VII (Att'y Gen. v. McDonald, 3 Wis., 805; Gough v. Dorsey, 27 id., 119); or with sec. 2,…
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