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Bohan v. Ozaukee County

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 23, 1894PublishedCited by 1 opinion

APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ozaulcee County. The plaintiff is the publisher of a newspaper in the defendant county.

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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ozaulcee County. The plaintiff is the publisher of a newspaper in the defendant county. He published the county clerk’s tax redemption notice for the year 1892. In the same year he published the general election notice and the notice for information of voters required by ch. 379, Laws of 1891. For this service he presented his account to the board of supervisors: To county clerk’s tax list (dated July 26, 1892).$13 50 To official ballot of November election, 1892,1 page, or 120 inches, at 60 cents per inch. 72 00 $85 50 The board allowed this account as…

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