State ex rel. Hawes v. Pierce
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Pierce County. Action in the nature of quo warranto, to determine the title to the office of county judge.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Pierce County. Action in the nature of quo warranto, to determine the title to the office of county judge. It appeared from the pleadings and evidence that for three years prior to April 6, 1869, the relator had been county judge of Pierce county, and that his term of office continued until January 1, 1870; that on April 6, 1869, an election was held for that office, in which the relator and respondent were opposing candidates, and that, according to the official canvass of such election, 737 votes were cast for the respondent, and 734 for the relator. The…
1Opinion of the Court
DijxoN C. J.
The statute' prescribing the mode of proceeding and the duties of the inspectors in the canvass of votes after the polls are closed (R. S., ch. 7, sec. 51; 1 Tay. Stats., 226, § 72), declares that “if two or more ballots shall be found so folded together as to present the appearance of one ballot, they shall be laid aside until the count of the ballot is completed; and if, upon a comparison of the count and the appearance of such ballots, a majority of the board shall be of opinion that the ballots thus folded together were voted by one elector, they shall be destroyed.” Two…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People ex rel. Budd v. HoldenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
- Hunter v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- People ex rel. Speed v. HartwellMichigan Supreme Court · 1864
- The People v. . SaxtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- People v. LoomisNew York Supreme Court · 1832
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- State ex rel. Crawford v. NorrisNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
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