Warden v. Bayfield County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bayfield County. The facts are stated in the opinion. to the point that the county, having paid the salary to the defaeto officer while in office, cannot be compelled to pay it again to the officer de jure, cited Mechem, Pub. Off. § 332; o Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 110; Sigur v. Crenshaw, 10 La.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bayfield County. The facts are stated in the opinion. to the point that the county, having paid the salary to the defaeto officer while in office, cannot be compelled to pay it again to the officer de jure, cited Mechem, Pub. Off. § 332; o Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 110; Sigur v. Crenshaw, 10 La. Ann. 298; Petit v. Bousseau, 15 id. 239; Dolan v. Few York, 68 N. Y. 274; MeVeany v. Few York, 80 id. 185; Terhune v. Few York, 88 id. 251; Smith v. Few York, 37 id. 518; Auditors v. Benoit, 20 Mich. 176; McCrary, Am. Elect, sec. 204; State ex rel. Warden v. Knight, 82…
1Opinion of the CourtOrton, C. J.
This is an appeal to the circuit court from an order of the board of supervisors of Bayfield county 'disallowing the plaintiff’s claim for $820 of his salary as *182county treasurer of said county for the year 1891, and an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court against the plaintiff.
The county board had fixed the salary of the county treasurer at $1,200 a year. The plaintiff’s term of service commenced from the 24th day of January, 1891, the time of his qualification for said office, and his salary for that jmar was therefore only $1,120. The board allowed him $300 for the fourth quarter…
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