State Ex Rel. Ball v. McPhee

This case is before the court upon certiorari. In Kuehnel v. Registration Board of Architects (1943), 243 Wis. 188, 195, 9 N. W. (2d) 630, Mr. Justice Fritz stated the function of the court in certiorari proceedings thus:

“. . . certiorari proceedings . . . are uniformly considered to be only issues of law, because of which there is nothing involved but a review of the record to determine whether the board acted lawfully {i.e., within the scope of powers granted) and reasonably {i.e., whether there was evidence to support its findings).”

My principal disagreement with the court, and which…