State ex rel. La Follette v. Board of Supervisors of Milwaukee County

County Executive William F. O’Donnell (county executive) and the Board of Supervisors of Milwaukee County (county board) appeal from a judgment and an order granting a writ of mandamus which found clear ministerial duties on the part of the county board and the county executive to, respectively, raise capital funds for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and to approve any board resolution to this end. We reverse and hold that the statutory obligation of the county board to provide financing to the district is subject to the constitutional grant of a veto power to the county…