Blaser v. Vanden Heuvel
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Oconto county: W. B. QuiNLAN, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by tbe plaintiff, a taxpayer of Oconto county, Wisconsin, to recover from tbe appellant, as chairman of tbe town of Chase in said county, money which appellant advanced to pay gopher and other bounties in 1910 and which had been repaid him by Oconto county.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Oconto county: W. B. QuiNLAN, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by tbe plaintiff, a taxpayer of Oconto county, Wisconsin, to recover from tbe appellant, as chairman of tbe town of Chase in said county, money which appellant advanced to pay gopher and other bounties in 1910 and which had been repaid him by Oconto county. Prior to 1910 the county board of Oconto county passed a resolution providing for the payment of bounties on gophers, hawks, and crows, such bounties being fixed by the statute. The appellant, chairman of the town of Chase,…
1Opinion of the CourtKbewiN, J.
The contention of counsel for respondent in support of the judgment below is based on secs. 4549 and 4550, Stats. Sec. 4549 makes it an offense for certain officers, including members of town or village boards, among other things, to reserve or acquire any pecuniary interest in any purchase or sale of .property or thing in action or in any contract, and provides a punishment by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year or in the state prison not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding $500; and see. 4550 makes it an offense for any person mentioned in sec. 4549 to redeem,…
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