State ex rel. Garrett v. Froehlich
Wisconsin Supreme Court
MaNdamus to the Secretary of State. October 22, 1902, the relator filed in this court a petition for an alternative writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, as secretary of state, to draw a warrant on the state treasurer, payable to him, for $492.36, in the manner provided by ch. 468, Laws of 1901, or show cause to the contrary.
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MaNdamus to the Secretary of State. October 22, 1902, the relator filed in this court a petition for an alternative writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, as secretary of state, to draw a warrant on the state treasurer, payable to him, for $492.36, in the manner provided by ch. 468, Laws of 1901, or show cause to the contrary. The petition alleges, in effect, that the relator was a resident and citizen of Eau Claire; that after the enactment of ch. 203, Laws of 1895, providing for the Keeley treatment and cure of inebriates, and during 1895, 1896, and 1897, one Dr. Montgomery established…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed March 21, 1903:
Cassoday, C. J.
Ch. 203, Laws of 1895, providing “for the treatment and cure of inebriates and persons addicted to the excessive use of drugs and other narcotics,” was held to be unconstitutional and void, because it involved the imposition upon the respective counties of the state, without their consent, of a tax for the benefit of private institutions and individuals, not the legitimate objects of public charity. Wis. K. I. Co. v. Milwaukee Co. 95 Wis. 153, 158-160, 70 N. W. 68, 70. In that case it was said by the court :
• “The act in question…
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