Ripley v. Brown

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This case comes to us by a petition of Washburn county and John L. Brown, the Washburn county clerk, to review a decision of the court of appeals. 1 In that decision, the court of appeals reversed a summary judgment dismissing an action which sought to have a portion of sec. 59.12, Stats., declared unconstitutional. The appeal was taken from the judgment of the circuit court for Washburn county, Dennis C. Bailey, circuit judge. We reverse the court of appeals.

The issue in this case is the constitutionality of sec. 59.12, Stats, 2 which allows the office of county…