State ex rel. Ballard v. Goodland

Proceeding under see. 916, Stats. 1913, the circuit judge removed the relator from his office as chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Grand Chute, Outa-gamie county, because Mr. Ballard had refused to levy a tax of $4,800 upon the taxable property of his town pursuant to the provisions of ch. 337, Laws of 1911, otherwise sub. 3 of sec. 1317m' — 4, Stats. 1911. Sec. 976 confers upon the circuit judge as contradistinguished from the circuit court certain administrative and quasi-judicial powers, to be exercised either during term time or vacation, for the purpose of removing town…