State ex rel. Graef v. Forest County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Forest County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: It appears from the record that the county board of supervisors of Forest county, at an adjourned meeting thereof, held March 21, 1889, passed and adopted in due form an ordinance altering the boundaries of two towns, and ere. ating a new town, as stated in the opinion of the court; that June 14, 1889, said Henry Graef made an affidavit for a writ of…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Forest County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: It appears from the record that the county board of supervisors of Forest county, at an adjourned meeting thereof, held March 21, 1889, passed and adopted in due form an ordinance altering the boundaries of two towns, and ere. ating a new town, as stated in the opinion of the court; that June 14, 1889, said Henry Graef made an affidavit for a writ of certiorari, in the usual form; that thereupon the judge of the circuit court for said Forest county allowed such writ in…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
Forest county was created by ch. 436, Laws of 1885. As thus created, it consisted of two towns therein named respectively Sand Lake and Pelican. By ch. 270, Laws of 1887, the territory of the county was divided into three towns, named therein respectively Pelican, Orandon, *614and Gagen. Sec. 1. The same section provided, in effect, that none of tbe said towns should “ be divided, vacated, or have the boundaries thereof changed by the board of supervisors of said county, until the question of said division, vacation, or change of boundaries be submitted to a vote of the legal electors of the town…
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