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STATE EX REL. REUSS v. GIESSEL

260 Wis. 524 (1952)

STATE EX REL. REUSS, Plaintiff, vs. GIESSEL, Director of Budget and Accounts, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 5, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff there was a brief by Henry S. Reuss, in pro. per., of Milwaukee, attorney, and Walter D. Corrigan, Sr., of Milwaukee, Gerald F. Clifford of Green Bay, and William B. Rubin of Milwaukee of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Reuss.

For the defendant there was a brief by the Attorney General and Warren H. Resh, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Resh.

MARTIN, J.

Sec. 26, art. IV, Wisconsin constitution, reads:

"The legislature shall never grant any extra conpensation to any public officer, agent, servant, or contractor, after the services shall have been rendered or the contract entered into; nor shall the compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished during his term of office."

The act involved must be presumed valid unless its repugnance to this section of the constitution is clear...

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