State ex rel. Runge v. Anderson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. Johnson, Circuit Judge. At the proper time prior to the spring election in the city of Milwaukee for 1898, the Democratic party duly placed in nomination candidates for the several offices to be voted for at such election, the petitioner being the nominee for the office of city attorney, and thereafter duly certified such nominations to the city clerk as required by law.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. Johnson, Circuit Judge. At the proper time prior to the spring election in the city of Milwaukee for 1898, the Democratic party duly placed in nomination candidates for the several offices to be voted for at such election, the petitioner being the nominee for the office of city attorney, and thereafter duly certified such nominations to the city clerk as required by law. The day after the making of suck nomination, the People’s party also duly nominated the same persons as its candidates for such, offices, and thereafter…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This appeal presents interesting and important questions under the election law of 1897. The action was commenced, as the statement of facts discloses, prior to the spring election of 1898, and could only be effectual to secure the object sought, by a final determination in time to control the form of the official ballot to be used at such election. That has long since passed into history, so a judgment now entered, that the writ of mandamms issue pursuant to the petition of the appellant, would be without force and of no benefit to him whatever. Therefore, manifestly, under *526the uniform…
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