State ex rel. State Agricultural Society v. Timme
Wisconsin Supreme Court
MANDAMUS to the Secretary of State. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “ This is a motion to discharge a rule to show cause, and to quash an application to this court for a peremptory writ of mandamus, for the reason that the relation, fails to state facts sufficient to entitle the relator to such writ.
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MANDAMUS to the Secretary of State. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “ This is a motion to discharge a rule to show cause, and to quash an application to this court for a peremptory writ of mandamus, for the reason that the relation, fails to state facts sufficient to entitle the relator to such writ. It appears from the relation that the relator is a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of this state; that March 22, 1882, the relator appointed and fixed at Fond du Lac, September 11 to 16, 1882, inclusive, as the time and place for holding…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
A writ of manclarrms is invoked to enforce payment of money claimed as having been appropriated to the relator by ch. 294, Laws of 1882, in the language: “ There is hereby appropriated to the state agricultural society the sum of $2,000, out of any money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated; provided, that their next annual exhibition shall not be held at the same time of the next annual exhibition of the northern agricultural and mechanical society.” Ch. 294, Laws of 1882. This act was *425approved March 30, 1882. Two clays previously another act was approved appropriating money in the…
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