O'Connor v. City of Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eonddu Lac county: Michael KirwaN, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for services rendered defendant as chief of police. Plaintiff was elected such chief May 1, 1896, for the year ending May 1, 1897, and till his successor should be legally elected and qualified, the salary of the office being fixed at $50 per month, payable monthly.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eonddu Lac county: Michael KirwaN, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for services rendered defendant as chief of police. Plaintiff was elected such chief May 1, 1896, for the year ending May 1, 1897, and till his successor should be legally elected and qualified, the salary of the office being fixed at $50 per month, payable monthly. He qualified for the office and performed its duties till excluded therefrom as hereafter mentioned. April 17, 1897, an act •of the legislature, known as chapter 247 of the General Laws of 1897, was duly published.…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
Sec. 5 of subch. XYIII of the city charter of the appellant provides as follows:
“No action shall lie or be maintained against the city of Fond du Lac on contract until the claimant shall have presented to the common council, a statement of the claim and *258tbe amount thereof, and the circumstances out of which it arose, duly verified on the oath of the claimant, and the council shall have allowed a regular meeting to pass tvith-out an adjustment with the claimant of such claim or demand.” Laws of 1883, ch. 152.
The complaint does not show that such charter condition to the maintenance of this…
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