LA VIOLETTE v. MILLIGAN


263 Wis. 349 (1953)

LA VIOLETTE, Respondent, vs. MILLIGAN, Sheriff, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by K. Thomas Savage of Kenosha.

For the respondent there was a brief by Lepp & Phillips of Kenosha, and oral argument by David L. Phillips.


FRITZ, C. J.

On August 4, 1936, the Kenosha county board of supervisors by ordinance duly enacted and established a system of civil service for deputy sheriffs. By virtue of the provisions of said ordinance, the plaintiff, Milton La Violette, did obtain civil-service status as a deputy sheriff. For over twenty-seven years, he has been a member of the sheriff's department of Kenosha county, Wisconsin, in the capacity of either a deputy sheriff, undersheriff, or sheriff...

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