Eau Claire County v. Milwaukee County

This case was tried on the issue of whether Goldie Carden had the necessary intention to maintain a residence in Milwaukee county for one whole year so as to gain a legal settlement under sec. 49.10 (4), Stats. The majority opinion holds that a person who no longer has an intention to make Milwaukee her residence and is not physically present in the county nevertheless gains a legal settlement in that county if she has not acquired a domicile elsewhere. The cases previously decided by this court do not so hold.

The question is simply the meaning of the language “who resides in any municipality…