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State ex rel. City of Milwaukee v. Ludwig

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided March 20, 1900PublishedCited by 43 opinions

MaNdajmus to J. C. Ludwig, Judge of the Superior Court ■of Mihvaukee County. A few days after tbe suit of Sehwcurtzburg v. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of MilwauTc.ee, which is quite fully described in the opinion in the case of State ex rel.

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MaNdajmus to J. C. Ludwig, Judge of the Superior Court ■of Mihvaukee County. A few days after tbe suit of Sehwcurtzburg v. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of MilwauTc.ee, which is quite fully described in the opinion in the case of State ex rel. Pose v. Superior Ooiort, 105 Wis. 651, there was commenced by the same attorneys a suit in the name of Trentlage against the city •of MilwauTcee arid the Milwaukee Eleetrie Railway db Light Company, which appears to have been instigated by the same persons who were responsible for the Schwartzburg suit, and the complaint in which embodies a large…

1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.

1. In this case we are solicited to exercise that superintending power of the supreme court over inferior-courts which was recently discussed and described at length in State ex rel. Fourth Nat. Bank v. Johnson, 103 Wis. 591, and it is asserted that the conduct of the court below justifies and requires the exercise of either of two phases of that, power: Eirst. That to enforce the jurisdiction of inferior-courts, either by prohibiting acts outside of their jurisdic*231tion, or commanding them to proceed to its exercise in cases of refusal. Illustrations of this phase are found in State ex rel.…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia v. JohnsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  2. State ex rel. Attorney General v. Circuit Court for Eau Claire CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Winans v. . WinansNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  4. State ex rel. Rose v. Superior Court of Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  5. State ex rel. Meggett v. O'NeillWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. State v. KenyonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Linden Land Co. v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  3. State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. County CourtWisconsin Supreme Court · 1960
  4. State ex rel. Tewalt v. PollardWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  5. In re Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1910

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