SOMMERFELD v. BOARD OF CANVASSERS


269 Wis. 299 (1955)

SOMMERFELD, Appellant, vs. BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF CITY OF ST. FRANCIS and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Gerald J. Rice of Milwaukee.

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


BROADFOOT, J.

Only one question is presented for determination. That involves the legality of the 18 absentee ballots under the facts in this case. The stipulation of facts with reference thereto was as follows:

"That the eighteen (18) absentee ballots cast for Paul H. Rainer in Ward 3 were part of twenty-one (21) absentee ballots issued to a group of absentee voters residing at 3221 So. Lake drive in the city of...

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