State ex rel. Knox v. Hadley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
INFORMATION IN THE NATURE OF QUO WARRANTO. The respondent was summoned to appear and show by what warrant or authority he held the office of police justice of the city of Watertown.
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INFORMATION IN THE NATURE OF QUO WARRANTO. The respondent was summoned to appear and show by what warrant or authority he held the office of police justice of the city of Watertown. The case was heard upon the following agreed statement of facts: “ It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between the said relator, Thomas M. Knox, and the said respondent, Jonathan A. Hadley, that the above entitled cause shall be heard and tried upon the following statement of facts, the parties to this stipulation hereby admitting such statement to be true, to wit: On the first day of April, 1856, Samuel…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
From the statement of facts agreed upon by the respective parties and filed in this case, it appears that on the 6th day of April, 1S58, at the annual election, held for the purpose of electing city and ward officers for the city of Watertown, the relator received nineteen votes for police justice, which were all the votes cast for any person for that office, and that the relator forthwith qualified according law; received from the city clerk a certificate of election ; and demanded from the respondent, (who was acting as police *706justice under a special election duly…
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