Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Coon

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided February 24, 1891PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Croix County. This action is upon a certain agreement in writing-termed in the complaint a “ bond ”), executed by the parties to this action and sixteen others, under their respective hands and seals, dated August 28, 1884, a copy of -which is set out in the complaint.

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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Croix County. This action is upon a certain agreement in writing-termed in the complaint a “ bond ”), executed by the parties to this action and sixteen others, under their respective hands and seals, dated August 28, 1884, a copy of -which is set out in the complaint. The agreement purports to have been entered into by twenty-one persons or firms named therein (including these parties), “ each with the others as parties hereto,” and is as follows: “ Whereas, the said parties are the stockholders of the Hudson Lumber Company, a corporation organized and…

1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.

Premising that under the settled practice in this court the order from which this appeal is taken must he treated as an order overruling the demurrer to the complaint, we will consider in their order the propositions urged by counsel against the sufficiency of the complaint.

1. It was suggested in the argument that the order appealed from was made by the judge at chambers, and hence not appealable. If so made, certainly it is not an appeal-able order; for the statute (E. S. sec. 3069) only gives an appeal from an order made by the court. The motion to strike off the demurrer was noticed before…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thompson v. TaylorWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Carrington v. BayleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Coe v. StrausWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Wolters EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  2. Lyle v. McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Moriarty v. TomlinsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Taylor v. MattesonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Young v. BierschenkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925

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