State ex rel. Le Clair v. Wright
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. Certiorari.' Wright sued le Clair and others in the municipal court of Ashland county, by summons returnable June 4,1890, on which day, on defendants’, motion, adjournment was taken till June 14th, and on said last-named day, by consent of parties, the case was further adjourned until July 14, 1890, at 9 o’clock a. m., and the following entry of such adjournment was made in the record of said court: “ Ey consent of the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. Certiorari.' Wright sued le Clair and others in the municipal court of Ashland county, by summons returnable June 4,1890, on which day, on defendants’, motion, adjournment was taken till June 14th, and on said last-named day, by consent of parties, the case was further adjourned until July 14, 1890, at 9 o’clock a. m., and the following entry of such adjournment was made in the record of said court: “ Ey consent of the parties, case adjourned to the 14th day of July, 1890, at 9 o’clock a. m.” On this last adjourned day the defendants in that…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The sole question is whether the municipal court of Ashland county lost jurisdiction because its record does not state the place to which the adjournment was taken. It is settled law in this state that, if a justice’s docket does not state the place to which a cause is adjourned, he loses jurisdiction. Does this apply to the municipal court of.Ashland county? We think not. That court is a court of record, with a seal and a clerk. The general provisions of law and rules of practice applicable to circuit courts apply to it. It has jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court in many matters,…
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