Clarke v. County of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaulcee County. Tbe plaintiff’s claim for a balance of $600 alleged to be due Mm for bis services as superintendent of School District No. 2 in Milwaukee county, having been disallowed by the county board, he appealed from that decision to the circuit court, and there had a verdict and judgment for $600. The defendant county appealed from tbe judgment.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaulcee County. Tbe plaintiff’s claim for a balance of $600 alleged to be due Mm for bis services as superintendent of School District No. 2 in Milwaukee county, having been disallowed by the county board, he appealed from that decision to the circuit court, and there had a verdict and judgment for $600. The defendant county appealed from tbe judgment. The case will appear from the opinion. 1. The law in force from 1861 to 1874 (Laws of 1861, cb. 179, sec. 1; Laws of 1863, eh. 155, sec. 86), required tbe superintendent districts to correspond with the…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
Chapter 179, Laws of 1861, created the office of county superintendent of schools, and provided for his election. Among other things, the act provided-that, in each county having over 15,000 inhabitants according to the last preceding census, the county board of supervisors might, at any meeting prior to am election of county superintendent m any year, determine by resolution, to remain in force until rescinded, that two county superintendents should be chosen, for snch county; and the boai’d was authorized to divide the county into two districts, to be called respectively, “ Superintendent…
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