Gersich v. Starich

The cause was submitted on both sides upon printed briefs. Though the trial court made findings of fact which he declares shall take the place of the verdict, and though the appellant’s attorney correctly states that the verdict is advisory merely, yet his whole brief is devoted to sustaining the proposition that the verdict entitles plaintiff to judgment.

The verdict being advisory merely, it became the duty of the court to make findings of fact. Northwestern Nat. Bank v. Ramsey, 96 Wis. 544, 549, 71 N. W. 939. Such findings set aside and superseded the verdict in so far as' they differed…