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STATE EX REL. HOLMES v. KRUEGER

271 Wis. 129 (1955)

STATE EX REL. HOLMES and others, Respondents, vs. KRUEGER, City Treasurer, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 8, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Walter J. Mattison, city attorney of Milwaukee, and Alan H. Steinmetz, assistant city attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Steinmetz.

For the respondents there was a brief by Bender, Trump, McIntyre, Trimborn & Godfrey, attorneys, and Walter H. Bender of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Walter H. Bender.

BROADFOOT, J.

Upon this appeal the defendant contends: (1) That sec. 38.25, Stats., is void because it is a grant of extra compensation by the legislature to public servants after the services have been rendered and to public contractors after the contracts have been entered into, in violation of sec. 26, art. IV of the Wisconsin constitution; (2) that sec. 38.25 is invalid in that it is an attempt to take public property for a private purpose; (3) that the contracts...

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