Lamoreux v. Williams
Wisconsin Supreme Court
■ Appeal from au order of the circuit, court for Eau Claire ■county: James O’Neill, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a temporary injunctional order. 'The complaint and affidavit upon which the order was based •showed that in February, 1905, nomination papers in due dorm were filed in the office of the defendant Fisher, city clerk ■of the city- of Ashland, nominating both the plaintiff and the defendant' Williams as Eepubliean candidates for tbe nomination as major of…
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■ Appeal from au order of the circuit, court for Eau Claire ■county: James O’Neill, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a temporary injunctional order. 'The complaint and affidavit upon which the order was based •showed that in February, 1905, nomination papers in due dorm were filed in the office of the defendant Fisher, city clerk ■of the city- of Ashland, nominating both the plaintiff and the defendant' Williams as Eepubliean candidates for tbe nomination as major of that.city at the primary election called for March 21, 1905; that there was also filed a nomination paper-nominating the…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNsnow, J.
The respondent moves to dismiss the appeal for the reason that the question at issue has ceased to be of any practical importance and is a mere moot question. It is apparent that a decision one way or the other will accomplish nothing, so far as the parties are concerned. Both the primary election and the municipal election, to which the primary was merely preliminary, have long since passed into history, and no judgment now made can in any way affect either election. There can be no actual controversy between the parties as to the manner of printing a primary ballot or conducting a primary…
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