State ex rel. Hampel v. Mitten

The following opinion was filed March 15, 1938:

Fairchild, J.

It was the view of the trial court that the case was governed by State ex rel. Pelishek v. Washburn, 223 Wis. 595, 601, 270 N. W. 541; that in order to state a cause of action the complaint must show that the minds of the electors were so affected by the alleged false statements that the real will of the electors cannot be ascertained; that the election statistics affirmatively show that the will of the electors can be ascertained notwithstanding defendant’s alleged violation; and that therefore the complaint states no cause of…