Belton v. Fisher

Mr. Chibe Justice Walker

delivered the opinion of the Court:

Elizabeth Belton, administratrix of Samuel J. Belton, and James Tates, surviving partner of Belton, sued Caleb B. Fisher before a police justice of the peace in Wisconsin, and recovered a judgment. The suit was brought in the court below on a transcript of that judgment. The laws of Wisconsin relating to the jurisdiction of justices of the peace and police justices are set out in the declaration. Defendant below filed a plea of nul iiel record; also a plea denying that Elizabeth Belton was administratrix, upon which pleas issues were…