State ex rel. Busacker v. Groth
Wisconsin Supreme Court
'Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaeeeN D. TaebaNT, Circuit Judge. Quo warrcmto. Tbe appeal is from a judgment dismissing tbe complaint after order sustaining a demurrer thereto, and time to plead over bad expired.
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'Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaeeeN D. TaebaNT, Circuit Judge. Quo warrcmto. Tbe appeal is from a judgment dismissing tbe complaint after order sustaining a demurrer thereto, and time to plead over bad expired. Tbe respondents, John A. F. Croih, Louis Manegold, Timothy Driscoll, August F. Zentner, and W. E. Chase, were elected by tbe county board of supervisors of Milwaukee county trustees under cb. 94, Laws of 1905 (secs. 697 — 45—49, Stats.: Supp. 1906), and were bolding and exercising sucb office under said appointment. Tbe relator is a member of said…
1Opinion of the CourtTimliN, J.
“Tbe legislature shall establish but one system of town and county government, which shall be as nearly uniform as practicable.” Sec. 23, art. IV, Const. This section of tbe constitution has been many times before tbe court, more frequently with reference to counties than to towns, although it refers to each in tbe same terms. At and prior to tbe time of tbe adoption of tbe constitution there existed eohsiderable diversity in town and county government in tbe territory of Wisconsin. In some counties there were three county commissioners elected at large, and in some a board of supervisors…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Attorney General v. City of Eau ClaireWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- State ex rel. Risch v. Board of Trustees of the Policemen's Pension FundWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Johnson v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Adams v. City of BeloitWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- State ex rel. Mc Curdy v. TappanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
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- State Ex Rel. Sonneborn v. SylvesterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
- Van Gilder v. City of MadisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1936
- Milwaukee County v. HalseyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- State ex rel. Milwaukee County v. BuechWisconsin Supreme Court · 1920
- Maercker v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
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