Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Gubbins v. Anson

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 20, 1907PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee couuty: LaweeNce W. Halsey, WaeeeN D. TaeeaNt, Oe-eeN T. Williams, and J. C. Ludwig, Circuit Judges, in banc.

1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.

The relator, as an elector and taxpayer of Milwaukee, seeks, by quo warranto, to test the title of the respondents to office of jury commissioners, appointed by the circuit judges for the second judicial circuit in compliance” with sec. 2533a, Stats. (1898), and claiming to exercise the functions of that office under that and following sections.

The appeal is from order sustaining demurrer to the complaint upon the ground of relator’s incapacity to sue, at least without joining attorney general, and for absence of facts to constitute cause of action. The ground of attack is upon the…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Ex Parte VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. The People v. . Simeon DraperNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
  3. People Ex Rel. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. v. State Board of Tax CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  4. Metropolitan Board of Excise v. . BarrieNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
  5. State ex rel. Kennedy v. BrunstWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Bolens v. FrearWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Millholen v. RileyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930
  3. State v. WashingtonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Martin v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1941
  5. In re the Appointment of a Revisor of the StatutesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910

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