Legal Opinion

Parroski v. Goldberg

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 20, 1891PublishedCited by 13 opinions

APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Shawano County. Tbe action was brought to recover damages for tbe alleged unlawful taking and conversion of a span of horses. Special damages are also claimed for time and money expended by plaintiff in endeavoring to recover tbe horses after tbe same were so taken and converted. Tbe defense is that tbe horses were tbe property of the defendant Mrs. Goldberg, and that tbe other defendants acted for her in obtaining possession of them.

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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Shawano County. Tbe action was brought to recover damages for tbe alleged unlawful taking and conversion of a span of horses. Special damages are also claimed for time and money expended by plaintiff in endeavoring to recover tbe horses after tbe same were so taken and converted. Tbe defense is that tbe horses were tbe property of the defendant Mrs. Goldberg, and that tbe other defendants acted for her in obtaining possession of them. Tbe facts, stated most strongly for the defendants, are briefly these: Mrs. Goldberg, who formerly owned tbe horses, through…

1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.

The bill of exceptions is not certified to contain all the testimony, and it does not appear that there *341was a motion for a new trial. Such being the condition of the record, we cannot review the testimony to' determine whether it supports the verdict, or certain of the rulings of the court upon which error is assigned. Ehlert v. Hollander, 43 Wis. 251; Kirch v. Davies, 55 Wis. 287, and cases cited. All we can do 'is to review the rulings of the court on propositions of law, which are assigned for error and to which exceptions are preserved in the record.

1. After submitting to the jury the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ingram v. RankinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Kirch v. DaviesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Collins v. LowryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Wallis v. WhiteWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Ehlert v. HollanderWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Graham v. PerryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1929
  2. Simpson v. HarrisNevada Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Milwaukee Trust Co. v. Van ValkenburghWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Montgomery v. American Central InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  5. Ryan Drug Co. v. HvambsahlWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894

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