Braun v. Campbell
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Eeeoe to review a judgment of the circuit court for Clark county: Iambs O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Tbis is an action for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel tbe defendant, a justice of tbe peace, to amend bis docket entries, made in a case wherein tbe petitioner was defendant. It is alleged tbat tbe docket entries are false. Petitioner a$ks tbat tbe justice be ordered to correct tbem so as to state tbe facts.
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Eeeoe to review a judgment of the circuit court for Clark county: Iambs O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Tbis is an action for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel tbe defendant, a justice of tbe peace, to amend bis docket entries, made in a case wherein tbe petitioner was defendant. It is alleged tbat tbe docket entries are false. Petitioner a$ks tbat tbe justice be ordered to correct tbem so as to state tbe facts. The entries complained of are as follows: “August 3rd, 1901. Case called at my office at 9 o’clock a. m. S. M. Mai’sb appears for tbe plaintiff. Defendant ■appears in person but offers…
1Opinion of the Court
SiebeckeR, T.
Tbis is an application by tbe plaintiff in -error for relief against alleged false entries in a justice’s docket, which tbe petitioner claims operate to bis injury, and be therefore demands that tbe justice be compelled to correct tbem. Tbe power of tbe circuit court to compel a justice to correct bis docket entries so as to make tbem conform to and correctly represent tbe actual facts of which they purport to be a record has been upheld by tbis court. State ex rel. Marsh v. Whittet, 61 Wis. 351, 21 N. W. 245; State *404ex rel. Green v. Van Ells, 69 Wis. 19, 82 N. W. 32. The-WhiMet…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia v. JohnsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- State ex rel. City of Milwaukee v. LudwigWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- State ex rel. Umbreit v. HelmsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- State ex rel. Meggett v. O'NeillWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- State ex rel. Marsh v. WhittetWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
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