Broadbent v. Hegge

This appeal asks a single question about a single statute that has been interpreted in a single prior decision of this court.

The statute: Sec. 19.03, Stats., providing that: “(1) Every person commencing an action against any officer and his sureties upon his official bond, . . . shall give security for costs by an undertaking as prescribed in s. 271.28 (3) or 307.09, respectively, and a copy thereof shall be served upon the defendants at the time of the service of the summons. . . .” (It is undisputed that the plaintiff here did not file an undertaking for costs and did not serve a copy of…