Klinkert v. Fulton Storage & Mercantile Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from judgments and an order of the superior court ■of Douglas county: Chas. Smith,'Judge. This is an action of replevin to recover possession of a saloon outfit. It was brought May 9, 1896, against August Ruhnke, who was charged with unlawfully detaining the same. The plaintiffs gave the usual undertaking, and the ■sheriff took 'possession of the property.
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Appeal from judgments and an order of the superior court ■of Douglas county: Chas. Smith,'Judge. This is an action of replevin to recover possession of a saloon outfit. It was brought May 9, 1896, against August Ruhnke, who was charged with unlawfully detaining the same. The plaintiffs gave the usual undertaking, and the ■sheriff took 'possession of the property. On May 13th the Fulton Storage & Mercantile Company, claiming to be the ■owner and entitled to the possession of the property, was duly made a party defendant, and by leave of the court was permitted to give an undertaking, under…
1Opinion of the CourtBabdeeN, J.
We congratulate ourselves that we are seldom called upon to consider such a. judicial hotchpotch as is presented in this case. It will be observed from the statement that the facts are vastly complicated and involved. The confusion has been more confounded by the manner of trial. The case was begun in May, 1896. It was finally got to issue some time in the year following. The findings recite that the case was referred to a referee to take the testimony, but no order of reference or referee’s report appears in the files. They further recite that the case was finally submitted to the court oh…
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