Holz v. Hanson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Aupeau from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Outa-gamie county: JohN GoodlaNT), Circuit Judge. This action was commenced in justice’s court. Tbe plaintiff’s complaint was as follows: “That on or about the 30tb day of June, 1900, one certain Celia Wessie was in the employ of the plain-tiff for a certain period of time.
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Aupeau from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Outa-gamie county: JohN GoodlaNT), Circuit Judge. This action was commenced in justice’s court. Tbe plaintiff’s complaint was as follows: “That on or about the 30tb day of June, 1900, one certain Celia Wessie was in the employ of the plain-tiff for a certain period of time. That the defendant, desiring to marry the said Wessie, then and there agreed to and with the plaintiff to pay him tbe sum of thirty dollars form release of the said contract of employment of the said Celia Wessie. .That upon the faith and credit of the said agreement of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBakdeeN, J.
Tbe complaint is not as elaborate or definite in allegation as might have been required bad tbe case been brought in circuit court. Though informal or indefinite, it must be'held to be sufficient, if it states a cause of action so that a person of common understanding would have no difficulty in knowing what was intended. Hall v. C., M. & St. P. R. Co. 48 Wis. 317, 4 N W. 325. Moreover, when the objection that the complaint does not state a cause of action is not taken until the trial, a greater latitude of presumption will be indulged to sustain it than when the objection is taken by…
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