Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Warring
Wisconsin Supreme Court
CERTIORARI to a justice of tbe peace in Walworth County. Warring brought an action against The Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, in a justice’s court, to recover for a horse hilled by a train on the Racine & Mississippi railroad, of which said company was in possession.
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CERTIORARI to a justice of tbe peace in Walworth County. Warring brought an action against The Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, in a justice’s court, to recover for a horse hilled by a train on the Racine & Mississippi railroad, of which said company was in possession. The summons issued by the justice was returned with a certificate of the sheriff indorsed thereon, that, on &c., he personally served the same “ by leaving a true and attested copy with G-. A. Thompson, who was at the time, and is now, the general managing agent of said Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, he being a principal officer…
1Opinion of the CourtDowner, J.
Chapter 120, R. S., confers upon justices of the peace limited jurisdiction in civil actions, and provides the form of a summons, and how it shall be served. A summons against a corporation (sec. 18) must be served “by leaving a true and attested copy thereof with the president, cashier, secretary, or other principal officer of such corporation, or at the last and usual place of abode of such president, cashier or other principal officer.” Was the summons issued by the justice of the peace against the plaintiff: in error served on such officer ? The defendant below was a foreign corporation,…
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