Rogers v. Bradford
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for Milwaukee County. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Bradford against Rogers, and the declaration contained the common counts, to which the defendant pleaded the general issue.
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ERROR to the District Court for Milwaukee County. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Bradford against Rogers, and the declaration contained the common counts, to which the defendant pleaded the general issue. At the trial the plaintiff gave in evidence the following receipt : “Received, Milwaukee, 15th August, 1836, of Worling Bradford, one thousand dollars cash, to invest for him in town lots or lands, according to the best of my judgment, and when invested I am to inform him of the same. $1,000. (Signed) JAMES H. ROGERS.” It was proven for the plaintiff that defendant, the winter…
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, C. J.
Error is prosecuted in this case to the judgment of the district court of Milwaukee county, at the last November term.
There are certain preliminary questions to be settled in this case, before we consider the grounds of error, presented by the exceptions taken at the trial. It is contended by defendant in error that this is a constitutional court, and by the provisions of the seventh article of the amendments to the constitution of the United States, can review matters once tried by a jury only according to the course of common law.
The supreme court of the Territory of Wisconsin, while…
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