Application of Milwaukee Chapter, Izaak Walton League of America

Counsel for relator contend that the conservation director is a public officer and therefore subject to removal in an action of quo warranto, and they cite the cases of Hall v. State, 39 Wis. 79; In re Appointment of Revisor, 141 Wis. 592, 124 N. W. 670; and State ex rel. Gubbins v. Anson, 132 Wis. 461, 112 .N. W. 475, in support of their contention. In these cases language may be found which tends to support it, but in none of them was the question directly at issue as to what constituted a public officer. The statutes under which they were appointed and the powers and duties imposed upon…