Legal Opinion · Dissent

In re Stolen

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 11, 1927Published

1DissentEschweiler, J.

(difsfnting). I agree with 'the conclusion embodied in respondent’s admission and the majority’s opinion that respondent’s conduct was improper and reprehensible and have nothing to say in palliation.

The head and front of respondent’s offense is something he did while holding a judicial position. The loans he made are declared tainted because so made. The judicial office he held was one of legislative creation, and attached to it, at its birth, were express legislative provisions for his removal or punishment for any derelictions as such judicial officer. He held such office and performed its…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Hall v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls v. Clark CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  4. In re the Appointment of a Revisor of the StatutesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
  5. State ex rel. Martin v. KalbWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880

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