Kollock v. Dodge
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an or'der of the circuit court for Dane county: R. Gf. Sibbbckbb, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff brings this action, on behalf of himself and other taxpayers of the city of Madison, to restrain the defendant Dodge from collecting, and the city from paying to him, certain sums of money which it is claimed Dodge insists are due for services in superintending the construction of a system of sewerage in said city, and to recover certain sums already paid to him without…
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Appeal from an or'der of the circuit court for Dane county: R. Gf. Sibbbckbb, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff brings this action, on behalf of himself and other taxpayers of the city of Madison, to restrain the defendant Dodge from collecting, and the city from paying to him, certain sums of money which it is claimed Dodge insists are due for services in superintending the construction of a system of sewerage in said city, and to recover certain sums already paid to him without any authority of law, the ground upon which the action is based being that such services were performed by the…
1Dissent
The following dissenting opinions were filed October 31, 1899:
Marshall, T.
There is no governmental policy more generally adopted than that which absolutely prohibits, by legislative enactments, changes in the compensation of a public ■officer during his term .of office, more frequently violated by the recklessness or ignorance of executive bodies concurring with .the ignorance or greed of their beneficiaries, the abuse of which if tolerated will lead to greater mischiefs, and none ffihat courts generally have more rigorously enforced aud that “this court has more consistently and firmly…
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- Love v. BaehrCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
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- Mason v. City of AshlandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
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