State Ex Rel. Thomson v. Giessel

While in the relief prayed for by the attorney general a peremptory writ of mandamus is sought to compel the respondent to honor the $974,499.40 voucher, we deem the prayer for a declaratory judgment on the questions raised of constitutionality to be determinative of all issues necessary to be considered by us. Such issues are as follows:(1) Is the Wisconsin State Public Building Corporation an agency of instrumentality of the state or is it a private corporation ?(2) If it is a private corporation, do not secs. 14.86 and 14.88, Stats., authorizing its creation, constitute the enactment of a…