State ex rel. Attorney General v. Cunningam
Wisconsin Supreme Court
AotioN commenced in the supreme court to restrain the secretary of state from publishing certain notices of election. The preliminary proceedings áre stated in the following opinion, which was filed February 2, 1892: Eton, C. J. At the last sitting of this court (January 15, 1892) Solon W. Pierce, Esq., district attorney of Adams county, purporting to act under the direction of the board of supervisors of that county, petitioned for leave to commence an action in this court…
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AotioN commenced in the supreme court to restrain the secretary of state from publishing certain notices of election. The preliminary proceedings áre stated in the following opinion, which was filed February 2, 1892: Eton, C. J. At the last sitting of this court (January 15, 1892) Solon W. Pierce, Esq., district attorney of Adams county, purporting to act under the direction of the board of supervisors of that county, petitioned for leave to commence an action in this court in the name of the state, on the relation either of the attorney general, of Adams county, or of himself, against the…
1Opinion of the CourtObtoh, J.
This case comes into this court, within its original jurisdiction, by bill in chancery on the relation of the attorney general on behalf of the state, praying for an *470injunction against Thomas J. Gunnmgham, secretary of state, to restrain Mm as such officer from carrying into execution ch. 482, Laws of 1891, commonly called the “ Apportionment Act,” on the ground of its unconstitntion- ■ ality; and more particularly that be refrain from giving the notices of the election of members of tbe senate and assembly as apportioned and districted by said act.
The complaint informs the court, in…
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