Legal Opinion
U. I. P. Corp. v. Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1974No. 241PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeffernan, J.
The appeal is from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county which, acting under the provisions of sec. 262.19, Stats., 1 granted a stay of Wisconsin proceedings to permit the trial of the action in the foreign forum of New Jersey.
The principal question presented on this appeal is whether, under.the provisions of sec. 262.19, Stats., where the action was brought in Wisconsin for the breach of a policy of insurance insuring the marketability of the title to New Jersey real estate, it was an abuse of discretion for the trial judge to grant a stay of the Wisconsin action pending the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McCleary v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971
- State v. HutnikWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. Chippewa Cable Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
- Littmann v. LittmannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Gauger v. LudwigWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
3Cited by3 opinions
- Mayer v. MayerCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1979
- MacLeod v. MacLeodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- U. I. P. Corp. v. Lawyers Title InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978