MILWAUKEE COUNTY v. STATE DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE


258 Wis. 113 (1950)

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Appellant, vs. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, DIVISION OF MENTAL HYGIENE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by William J. McCauley, district attorney of Milwaukee county, Oliver L. O'Boyle, corporation counsel, and Robert P. Russell, assistant corporation counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Russell.

J. L. McMonigal, district attorney of Green Lake county, for the respondent.


GEHL, J.

On April 1, 1927, Mr. Englert became a resident of Milwaukee county. Accordingly, on April 1, 1928, he had acquired a legal settlement in that county under the statute as it then existed, sec. 49.02 (4), Stats. 1927, which provided:

"(4) Every person of full age who shall have resided in any town, village, or city in this state one whole year shall thereby gain a settlement therein; but no residence of a person in any town, village, or city while...

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