State Ex Rel. Tuttle v. Hanson

274 Wis. 423 (1957)

STATE EX REL. TUTTLE, Respondent,

vs.

HANSON and wife, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 5, 1956.

January 7, 1957.

For the appellants there was a brief and oral argument by Robert Zum Brunnen of Spooner.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Ward Winton of Shell Lake.

CURRIE, J.

Both secs. 252.15 (4) and 292.03, Stats., vest in court commissioners the power to issue writs of habeas corpus. Sec. 23, art. VII of the Wisconsin constitution provides that the power of a court commissioner "shall not exceed that of a judge of a circuit court at…