State ex rel. Bell v. Conness
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. This is an action to test the title to the office of chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Brule, Douglas county, Wisconsin.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. This is an action to test the title to the office of chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Brule, Douglas county, Wisconsin. The election was held April 4, 1899. The official returns showed that defendant received 262 votes and relator 253. The complaint sets out a great many reasons why the election was illegal, in brief as follows : The election officers failed to put the proper questions to certain persons who -were challenged. Men -were permitted to vote who were not residents of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBaedeeN, J.
This case was decided upon the evidence offered by the relator, and the trial court found that he was not entitled to the relief sought. The certificate of the result of the election made by the inspectors was not prima facie evidence thereof. It was signed by but one of the in*428spectors. True, the name of another inspector appears thereon, but the evidence shows that it was written there by defendant, and no authority so to do was shown, even though it be admitted that such duty may be delegated. The inspector in question left the voting place before the certificate had been completed, and as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Jones v. OatesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
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- State ex rel. Small v. BosackiWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
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