Malinowski v. Moss

The trial court refused to entertain a motion for a new trial after verdict and judgment, on the ground that he had no jurisdiction to do' so under the statute creating the court, ch. 244, Laws of 1921. ' This statute was before this court in La Bowe v. Balthazor, 180 Wis. 419, 193 N. W. 244, where the jury fee was held to be a violation of the constitutional guaranty of jury trial. The statute was thereafter amended (ch. 187, Laws of 1923) to provide for a constitutional jury. The appellants contend that the statute should be construed to give the municipal court power to grant a new trial,…