State ex rel. Rinder v. Goff
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Mandamus to the County Clerk of Dane County. At the opening of court bn the 9th day of October, 1906, application was made to the court by the attorney general, on the sworn complaint or relation of Christian F. Binder, for leave to commence an action in equity in this court to enjoin the defendant, as county clerk of Dane county, from printing the name of one W. S. Packard as Republican candidate for county treasurer of said county upon the official ballot for the general…
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Mandamus to the County Clerk of Dane County. At the opening of court bn the 9th day of October, 1906, application was made to the court by the attorney general, on the sworn complaint or relation of Christian F. Binder, for leave to commence an action in equity in this court to enjoin the defendant, as county clerk of Dane county, from printing the name of one W. S. Packard as Republican candidate for county treasurer of said county upon the official ballot for the general election in November following, and to command him to.print the name of the relator as such candidate upon such ballot.…
1Opinion of the Court
*674On October 18th judgment was rendered quashing the return and adjudging that the peremptory writ of mandamus issue. The following opinion was filed November 7, 1906:
WiNsnow, T.
The importance of this case,' as being the first case involving the construction of the new primary election law (ch. 4-51, Laws of 1903), was fully appreciated by this court from its inception. It was manifest at once that, if any remedy were to be given, it must be given quickly if it were to be effective. At the same time it was realized that the importance of the questions involved imperatively demanded deliberate…
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