Attorney General ex rel. Schantz v. Brunst
Wisconsin Supreme Court
This was an information in the nature of a quo war-ranto, filed by the Attorney General against the respondent, Gustavus Brunst, requiring him to appear and show by what warrant,
1Opinion of the Court
By the (Jourt,
Smith, J.
This is an information in the nature of a writ of qico warranto, filed by the Attorney General, upon the relation of Schantz. The relation sets forth, that, by virtue of the several acts of the legislature, dividing the county of Washington? and erecting the county of Ozaukee, the office of sheriff of the county of Washington became vacant, and that the respondent Brunst was elected to fill *788guch 0fgCe for the term prescribed by the acts aforesaid, viz: commencing on the first day of June, A.D. 1853, and expiring on the first day of January, A. 13. 1855. That Lion…
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