Forest County v. Shaw
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Forest county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. The complaint in this action is as follows: “The complaint of the plaintiff, by A. C. Umbreit, district attorney for Forest County, for cause of action against the above named defendant, alleges: “Eirst. That, at all the times herein stated, the plaintiff was and now is a body corporate, organized as a county and political subdivision, of the state of Wisconsin. “Second.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Forest county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. The complaint in this action is as follows: “The complaint of the plaintiff, by A. C. Umbreit, district attorney for Forest County, for cause of action against the above named defendant, alleges: “Eirst. That, at all the times herein stated, the plaintiff was and now is a body corporate, organized as a county and political subdivision, of the state of Wisconsin. “Second. That, on or about tbe 23d day of September, 1908, tbe board of supervisors for Forest County, by resolution tben and there duly…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckee, J.
The complaint discloses that the pleader sought to charge that the defendant, as a member of the committee to negotiate for the sale of the county’s bonds, which had been issued by the county to enable it t'o secure the necessary financial means to construct a county court house, committed a wrong which caused the county pecuniary injury. The allegations of the complaint, though indefinite and general in essentials, permit of the conclusion that the pleader purposed to state causes of action for the wilful misconduct of the defendant pertaining to transactions of the bonding committee, and…
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