State ex rel. Grundt v. Abert
Wisconsin Supreme Court
This is an action of quo warranio, commenced in this court, to test the right to the office of superintendent of the poor in the county of Milwaukee.
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This is an action of quo warranio, commenced in this court, to test the right to the office of superintendent of the poor in the county of Milwaukee. The plaintiffs and relators claim the office "by virtue of an appointment thereto by the board of supervisors of that county, pursuant to the general law on that subject found in the R. S. of 1858, ch. 34, secs. 32 to 39. The defendant is in possession of the office "by virtue of an election thereto under the provisions of Pr. and Local Laws of 1868, ch. 509. The complaint concedes that if the act of 1868 is a valid law, the defendant is…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
The demurrer to the relation or complaint raises the single question, whether the provisions of the act of 1868, by virtue of which the defendant claims that he is entitled to the office in controversy, contravenes that provision of the constitution which ordains that “ the legislature shall establish but one system of town and county government, which shall be as nearly uniform as practicable.” Art. IV., sec. 23.
The objects and scope of this provision are quite fully discussed in the cases of State ex rel. Peck v. Riordan, 23 Wis., 484; State ex rel. Keenan v. The Supervisors of Mil. Co., 25…
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