State ex rel. Bolens v. Frear
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Obiginal action brought in this court on the relation of Harry W. Bolens against James A. Brear, Secretary of State, and others; also Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Obiginal action brought in this court on the relation of Harry W. Bolens against James A. Brear, Secretary of State, and others; also Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. In support of the various contentions as to the invalidity of ch. 658, Laws of 1911, there were cited, in the briefs above mentioned, the following, among other authorities: Pollock ■v. Farmers’ L. & T. Co. 157 U. S. 429, 580, 581, 15 Sup. Ct. 673; Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat. 419, 444; Weston v. •Charleston, 2 Pet. 449; Dobbins v.…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, C. J.
These are actions in equity, brought for tbe purpose of enjoining tbe secretary of state and other state officers, including the tax commission, from paying out any state moneys, or doing any other administrative acts in tbe enforcement of tbe newly passed income tax law of this state, known as cb. 658, Laws of 1911, on tbe ground that said act is unconstitutional.
Tbe Bolens action is an action sought to be brought within tbe original jurisdiction of this court, after refusal by tbe attorney general to bring it. This court, upon application *469for leave to bring the action upon tbe relation of…
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