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State ex rel. Wood County v. Dodge County

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 31, 1882PublishedCited by 23 opinions

CERTIORARI to the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory and Penal Institutions. On the 27th of April, 1882, the county of Dodge applied to the said board for relief from the charge of supporting one George Carr, an insane person confined in the northern hospital for the insane, upon the ground that said Carr ivas not, at the time of becoming insane or of being so confined, a resident of Dodge county, but was a resident of Wood county.1 The county of…

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CERTIORARI to the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory and Penal Institutions. On the 27th of April, 1882, the county of Dodge applied to the said board for relief from the charge of supporting one George Carr, an insane person confined in the northern hospital for the insane, upon the ground that said Carr ivas not, at the time of becoming insane or of being so confined, a resident of Dodge county, but was a resident of Wood county.1 The county of Wood filed with the board its objections to such application, in the nature of demurrer and answer, upon the grounds,…

1Opinion of the Court

Cole, O. J.

This is a common law certiorari, directed to the state board of supervision of charitable and penal institutions, requiring such board to certify and return to this court its proceedings, decisions, and orders in the matter of the application of Dodge county for relief from the charge of supporting one George Carr, an insane person. Carr had been committed to the northern hospital for the insane, and his support for some years had been charged to the county of Dodge. On the hearing of this application the board — acting under the provisions of ch. 229, Laws of 1881 ■ — ■ found that…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dutcher v. DutcherWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
  2. State ex rel. Moreland v. WhitfordWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Milwaukee Iron Co. v. SchubelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Hall v. HallWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Durner v. HueginWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Ekern v. McGovernWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
  3. State ex rel. City of Augusta v. LosbyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
  4. State Ex Rel. Boostrom v. Board of ReviewWisconsin Supreme Court · 1969
  5. State Ex Rel. McCaffrey v. ShanksCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1985

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