Richmond v. Village of Lodi

Sec. 66.06 (10) (a), Stats. 1931, creates the position of manager of a public utility owned by a village, city, or town, and provides without qualification as to time or term that the position be filled by appointment. The operation of a public utility by a village being proprietary, plaintiff suggests the application of a rule to permit the making of a contract of hire by the commission, but the appointment of a manager for the utility is a governmental act. The management, as between itself and the village, sustains a relation described as governmental, even though in the relations of the…