Wisconsin Keeley Institute Co. v. Milwaukee County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. Johnson, Circuit Judge. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court. They argued that the police power of the state extends to all regulations affecting the health, good morals, peace, and safety of society, and may properly be exercised whenever the legislature deems it necessary for the public welfare and safety. 18 Am. & Eng.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. Johnson, Circuit Judge. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court. They argued that the police power of the state extends to all regulations affecting the health, good morals, peace, and safety of society, and may properly be exercised whenever the legislature deems it necessary for the public welfare and safety. 18 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 746; Tiedeman, Lim. of Police Power, § 2; Butler v. Chambers, 36 Minn. 69; People v. Smith, 66 N. W. Rep. 382. Drunkards are not only a burden but a menace to society, and are…
1Opinion of the Court
Cassoday, O. ¿T.
Ch. 203, Laws of 1895, provides, in effect: (1) That when any citizen of the state becomes an habitual drunkard, and is pecuniarily unable to procure and pay for treatment for such disease, any citizen of the state, the next friend, the attending physician, or any public officer may petition the county court or judge thereof, within and for the county where such habitual drunkard resides, for an order of said court or judge thereof permitting said habitual drunkard to take treatment at some institution for the cure of drunkenness and drug addictions, established within the…
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