Boyce v. Foote
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. This was an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court in favor of the defendant, on an appeal to that court from a decision of the county court of said county disallowing a claim of the plaintiffs as executors of the last will of Samuel Griggs, against the defendant as administrator of the estate of Asa Eoote. The claim was upon a joint and several note executed by said Asa Eoote and another to said Griggs or bearer.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. This was an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court in favor of the defendant, on an appeal to that court from a decision of the county court of said county disallowing a claim of the plaintiffs as executors of the last will of Samuel Griggs, against the defendant as administrator of the estate of Asa Eoote. The claim was upon a joint and several note executed by said Asa Eoote and another to said Griggs or bearer. The circuit court found as facts: 1. That Asa Eoote executed the note, and was indebted upon it in the sum of about $600 at…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
It is objected in this case that tbe appeal was not taken within two years from the entry of tbe judgment. Tbe record does not show very distinctly tbe precise time when tbe judgment was rendered. The order for judgment signed by the circuit judge was filed on the 13th of February, 1863, and it is quite apparent from tbe language of that order that tbe judgment bad not been entered before that date. Tbe appeal papers describe tbe judgment as one entered on tbe 13th of February, 1863, and tbe presumption from tbe record undoubtedly is that it was entered at that date. At…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Blossom v. FergusonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
- Lightfoot v. ColeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1853
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Cowles v. City of NeillsvilleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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