Butler v. Regents of the University
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Dane County. Action by the plaintiff to recover his salary as a professor in the state university from July 1 to October 1, 1866. The following are the material facts : On the 29th of July, 1858, the board of regents of the university appointed the plaintiff professor of ancient languages and literature in that institution.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Dane County. Action by the plaintiff to recover his salary as a professor in the state university from July 1 to October 1, 1866. The following are the material facts : On the 29th of July, 1858, the board of regents of the university appointed the plaintiff professor of ancient languages and literature in that institution. He commenced service under such appointment on the fourth Wenesday in September following, at which date his salary commenced. On the 29th day of July, 1859, the board of regents ordained, “ That the term of office of all professors and…
1Opinion of the Court
I/YON, J.
The learned counsel for the defendants has argued with great ingenuity that the plaintiff was a public officer, and not a mere servant or employee of the bbard of regents by whom he was appointed a professor in the university; that the act of 1866 (ch. 114) abolished the old corporation known as “the regents of the university of Wisconsin,” and established in its stead a new and different corporation designated by the same name; and that the plaintiff’s term of office as a professor necessarily terminated with the life of the corporation which elected him. We are unable to agree with…
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