Zitske v. Goldberg
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit- Court for Shawano County. This is an action of replevin brought before a police justice of the village of New London, to recover the possession of a horse alleged to have been unlawfully detained by the defendant from the plaintiff. The complaint is in the statutory form, and states the value of the horse at one hundred and fifty dollars.
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APPEAL from the Circuit- Court for Shawano County. This is an action of replevin brought before a police justice of the village of New London, to recover the possession of a horse alleged to have been unlawfully detained by the defendant from the plaintiff. The complaint is in the statutory form, and states the value of the horse at one hundred and fifty dollars. The answer consists of a general denial, and an averment that the defendant is the owner of the horse described in the complaint. The trial before the justice resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff for fifty dollars • damages, and…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The counsel for the defendant, on the reargument, discussed fully the questions raised upon his former brief, and which to some extent were considered, and decided adversely to him, in the opinion filed by Mr. Justice LYON. We deem *233it unnecessary to enter upon a further examination of those questions, because, notwithstanding the criticism of counsel upon the opinion, we are quite.-.well satisfied with the manner in which these questions are there decided. Of course what is there said upon the question of the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in actions of replevin, was said under the…
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