Legal Opinion
Schoonover v. City of Viroqua
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 1944PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The case is an appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The action is based on secs. 62.13 (7), 62.13 (7m), and 62.13 (7n), Stats., set out in the margin. 1 They provide that the council of cities of the fourth class, of which the defendant is one, shall fix the compensation of policemen; that the council shall provide for and the chief of police shall assign to- policemen one day of rest in every one hundred ninety-two hours; that the council shall provide for a working day for policemen…
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