State ex rel. Martin v. Reis

William Newton Nichols began an action on the 7th day of December, 1938, against the state of Wisconsin on account of work and labor performed. Concurrently, there was served upon the attorney general an order to show cause why an order should not be issued by the circuit court for Dane county, directing the clerk of that court that ch. 285, Stats., which requires a bond to be filed in ac*685tions against the state, has no application to the action begun by Nichols for the reason that the action involves a wage claim and the plaintiff in such an action is permitted to maintain the action without…