Brown v. Phillips
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Éaoine County. The substance of the complaint is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: The complaint in this action alleges, in effect, that the plaintiff, a woman of lawful age and a citizen of the United States and of Wisconsin, was April 5, 1887, a resident of the Second ward of the city of Racine, and had so resided continuously for the nine years immediately prior thereto; that on said day the annual municipal election in and for said…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Éaoine County. The substance of the complaint is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: The complaint in this action alleges, in effect, that the plaintiff, a woman of lawful age and a citizen of the United States and of Wisconsin, was April 5, 1887, a resident of the Second ward of the city of Racine, and had so resided continuously for the nine years immediately prior thereto; that on said day the annual municipal election in and for said city was held in the several wards therein, for the election of mayor, city clerk and comptroller, justice of the peace,…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed January 31, 1888:
Cassoday, J.
The plaintiff, a woman of lawful age and a citizen of this state and the United States, and long a resident of the Second ward of the city of Racine, claimed the right to vote' under and by virtue of ch. 211, Laws of 1885; and accordingly offered to vote in that ward at the last annual municipal election in that city, for candidates for the respective offices of mayor, city clerk and comptroller, alderman, and supervisor. The defendants, as inspectors of such election for that ward, refused to receive her vote or allow her to swear…
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