Swineford v. Pomeroy
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe County Court for La Crosse County. The defendants, after tbeir application for a change of venue bad been denied, declined to participate any further in the trial, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict upon which judgment was entered, and the defendants appealed'. Such other facts as are material to the decision are stated in the opinion of the court. argued that the plaintiff’s complaint was not sufficient, and, in fact, was not a complaint at all.
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APPEAL from tbe County Court for La Crosse County. The defendants, after tbeir application for a change of venue bad been denied, declined to participate any further in the trial, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict upon which judgment was entered, and the defendants appealed'. Such other facts as are material to the decision are stated in the opinion of the court. argued that the plaintiff’s complaint was not sufficient, and, in fact, was not a complaint at all. It was not a compliance with sub-division 9, § 46, chapt. 120, R. S., because it does not appear that he delivered the notes to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
The objection taken, that there was *554no complaint in this case, either in the justice’s or county court, cannot prevail. The action was commenced before a justice, and appealed to the county court. In bis return, the justice states that the plaintiff presented two promissory notes, which are particularly described in dates and amounts. The defendants failed to appear before the justice and defend the suit. After judgment they took an appeal to the county court, and filed an answer stating their counter-claims. No objection was taken to the informality of the complaint, and…
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