Chadek v. Forest County

The propriety of bringing this action against the county does not appear to have been challenged. The practice has been in cases of this character to proceed by mandamus against the officers whose duty it is to carry out *87the requirements of the statute. Jefferson Transfer Co. v. Hull, 166 Wis. 438, 166 N. W. 1.

The central question involved in this controversy, however, relates to the right of the trustee to recover the amount for which he brought the action. When the adjudication of bankruptcy occurred the county had in its possession the sum of $1,000, wages or salary earned during the…