Sentinel Co. v. Thomson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. The plaintiff is a corporation of this state, engaged in publishing a newspaper and conducting a job printing office in the city of Milwaukee.
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APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. The plaintiff is a corporation of this state, engaged in publishing a newspaper and conducting a job printing office in the city of Milwaukee. The defendant was president of the company and editor of its paper between January 1, 1873, and January 5, 1874; and as such is alleged in the complaint to lave had a “ controlling interest in the management of the plaintiff’s said business of publishing said newspaper, and over its financial affairs.” This action was brought'to recover a certain amount alleged to be due plaintiff from defendant for…
1Opinion of the Court
Cole. J.
In the case of Cobb v. Harrison, 20 Wis., 626, where there was an appeal from a judgment entered on the ground of the frivolousness of a demurrer to the complaint, this court decided that it would not reverse the judgment, even though the demurrer were not frivolous, unless the same were well taken. Eor if the demurrer was bad and must have been overruled on argumefit, then the order striking it out as frivolous was not an order re viewable on the appeal from the judgment. The reasons for that decision need not be restated. It is sufficient to say that the rule there laid down…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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