CUTTS v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE


1 Wis.2d 408 (1957)

CUTTS and another, Respondents, vs. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by the Attorney General and Roy G. Tulane, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Tulane.

For the respondents there were briefs and oral argument by A. D. Sutherland of Fond du Lac.


CURRIE, J.

Before the trial court the plaintiffs contended that ch. 404, Laws of 1955, was invalid on three grounds, viz.:

(1) That sec. 10, art. VIII, Const., prohibits state forest lands from being used for any other than forestry purposes, and therefore such ch. 404, Laws of 1955, contravened such constitutional prohibition.

(2) That the empowering of the state building commission with the authority to...

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