State ex rel. Pluntz v. Johnson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Barron county: W. R. Foley, Circuit Judge. This is an action in the nature of quo warranto, brought upon the relation of Herman Pluntz, a resident and taxpayer of Barron county, to oust the appellant from the office of sheriff of that county. A demurrer, to the answer was sustained, and from that order the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed October 18, 1921:
Owen, J.
The answer alleges that “during the year 1917 defendant was appointed to the office of sheriff of Barron county for the unexpired portion of the term commencing on the first Monday of January, 1917; by virtue of such appointment, and while holding the said office for the unexpired portion of the said term and until his successor for the term commencing on the first Monday of January, 1919, should qualify, defendant performed the duties of sheriff *108of Barron county until the month of July, 1920, when his successor for. the term commencing…
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