McClutchey v. Milwaukee County

The following opinión was filed October 7, 1941:

Fowler, J.

The plaintiff sues to enjoin payment of salary to the defendant Boncher, who is in the service of the county as “engineman in charge of maintenance” in the courthouse. The plaintiff sues solely in his capacity as a taxpayer of the county. Boncher has been continuously in the service of the county as an “engineman” for over ten years. The sole ground of the action is that his original appointment was illegal under the civil-service law applicable to the county and the rules established by the board charged with the administration of the…