Rock County v. Weirick
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rock county: Geoegke Gexmm, Circuit Judge. This is an action in equity brought by the county to perpetually enjoin the defendant, who is the register of deeds of said county, from making copies of the abstract books owned by the county and kept in the register’s office.
Read the full summary
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rock county: Geoegke Gexmm, Circuit Judge. This is an action in equity brought by the county to perpetually enjoin the defendant, who is the register of deeds of said county, from making copies of the abstract books owned by the county and kept in the register’s office. In the year 1880 the county board of supervisors of Bode county, after considering for several months the question of installing a tract index in the register’s office, decided to have made and •placed in the register’s office a complete title abstract of thereat estate of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWihslow, C. J.
The important question in this case, to which all others are merely subsidiary, is whether the county abstract books of Bode county are a part of the public records of the register’s office. If they are, any person has a right to copy them under the reasonable supervision of the register of deeds, even for the purpose of making a rival set of abstract books. Sec. 700, Stats. (1898); Hanson v. Eichstaedt, 69 Wis. 538, 35 N. W. 30.
It is argued on behalf of the county that the abstract books were merely the literary property of the county and not public records, and hence that the county could…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Frederick v. Douglas CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Cole v. GetzingerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Franey v. WarnerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Hanson v. EichstaedtWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- Hungerford v. RedfordWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by6 opinions
- Direct-Mail Service, Inc. v. Registrar of Motor VehiclesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Outagamie County v. ZuehlkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1917
- Tobin v. KnaggsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Ogden v. Straus Building Corp.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
- State Ex Rel. Schultz v. BruendlCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1992
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.