State Ex Rel. State Central Committee v. Board of Election Commissioners

When this court took original jurisdiction of this cause solely to determine whether the petition viewed as a complaint stated a cause of action for declaratory relief, it expressed the view that while the subject matter of the litigation considered generally so importantly affected the franchises and rights of citizens as to warrant the exercise of original jurisdiction, it was in grave doubt whether the facts alleged were sufficient to state a cause of action for declaratory relief. The attention of counsel was called to the case of McCarthy v. Hoan, 221 Wis. 344, 346, 266 N. W. 916, in…