Van Kleck v. Hanchett

This action was commenced in the municipal court of Dane county by the personal service of summons on the defendants at the city of Madison, they being then temporarily in said city, but in fact being residents of another county. There was no appearance on the part of the defendants in the municipal court, and judgment was rendered against them, from which they appealed to the circuit court of Dane county. The action was noticed for trial by the plaintiff at the April term, 1880, at which term the defendants moved for a change of venue, founding such motion upon an affidavit which showed that…