State ex rel. Langen v. Bodden
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: John J. G-RegoRV, Circuit Judge. This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to review tbe action of the defendant in discharging the relator from the office of ward assessor and praying that this court reverse and set aside such action of the tax commissioner. The petition also asks that judgment he entered for relator in the sum of $1,392 and for his costs and disbursements.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: John J. G-RegoRV, Circuit Judge. This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to review tbe action of the defendant in discharging the relator from the office of ward assessor and praying that this court reverse and set aside such action of the tax commissioner. The petition also asks that judgment he entered for relator in the sum of $1,392 and for his costs and disbursements. On the 13th of January, 1915, the relator, before he or his attorney appeared in district court, was convicted of having been drunk and disorderly and was…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.
It appears from the petition that the tax commissioner removed the relator from office on the ground that relator had been “found guilty and fined by the district 'court of Milwaukee county for being drunk and disorderly.” It is undisputed that such conviction was had in the district *245court and formed the basis of the tax commissioner’s action in the matter. In the light of these facts the relator in this proceeding has no standing in court. It was held in State ex rel. Hayden v. Arnold, 151 Wis. 19, 138 N. W. 78, that a tax commissioner of the city of Milwaukee is the head of a principal…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Hayden v. ArnoldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- State ex rel. Bannen v. ArnoldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
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