State ex rel. Witkowski v. Gora’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
March 1971
most recently cited
1 state decisions
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“* * * The legislature when it uses the language in sec. 40.46, `the members of the district board shall be chosen one from each ward,' and when it uses the language in paragraph (4) of sec. 17.03 , `or if the office is local, his ceasing to be an inhabitant of the district, county, city, village, town, ward or school district for which he was elected,' makes a clear differentiation between the words `from' and `for.' This indicates that the legislature was fully aware of the ordinary and customary meaning of these words as used in common parlance. In any event, if the law-making body had intended a different meaning, its intention could readily and easily have been expressed. It thus becomes clear to our mind that the office of member of the district board becomes vacant if the member ceases to be an inhabitant of the district , and not of the ward .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“for which he was elected or within which the duties of his office are required to be discharged,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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