State ex rel. McManman v. Thomas
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for La Crosse county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Action of quo warranto to oust tbe defendant's from tbe offices of trustees of tbe village of Kilbourn.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for La Crosse county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Action of quo warranto to oust tbe defendant's from tbe offices of trustees of tbe village of Kilbourn. It appears that Kilbourn was during all of tbe times involved in this controversy, and still is, a municipal corporation incorporated under cb. 40 of tbe Statutes, and tbe board of trustees of such village consists of a president and six trustees. . In tbe year 1902, and prior thereto, tbe notice of tbe annual election of said village provided for tbe election of six trustees without specifying…
1Opinion of the CourtVijstje, J.
The relators contend that the three trustees elected, at the election in 1910 were elected for a term of two years, and therefore their term of office did not expire until 1912. They also contend that at the election in 1911 only three trustees were to be elected, and that, inasmuch as six trustees were in fact elected, the election was absolutely void under the rule announced in Att’y Gen. ex rel. Carpenter v. Ely, 4 Wis. 420, and State ex rel. Holden v. Tierney, 23 Wis. 430; hence, no valid election having been held in 1911, the three trustees elected in 1909 held over, and, together with…
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