Montgomery v. American Central Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from judgments of the circuit court for Brown county: S. D. Hastings, Jr., Circuit Judge. This is a consolidated action upon six policies of fire insurance issued by five different companies upon certain buildings owned by plaintiff’s testatrix, which were afterwards burned.
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Appeal from judgments of the circuit court for Brown county: S. D. Hastings, Jr., Circuit Judge. This is a consolidated action upon six policies of fire insurance issued by five different companies upon certain buildings owned by plaintiff’s testatrix, which were afterwards burned. Separate actions were originally commenced against the different companies, but they were afterwards consolidated, and all tried together as one action, under the provisions of secs. 2609a and 2792, Stats. 1898. It appeared upon the trial that, after the insured buildings had been destroyed by fire, the plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
This case was fully argued, and it is unfortunate that we are unable to decide it upon the merits, but we are met with an objection upon the threshold which necessitates dismissal of the supposed appeal. This court has uniformly held that two judgments cannot be brought to this court by a single notice of appeal, and that such an appeal must be dismissed because the statute does not authorize it. White v. Appleton, 14 Wis. 190; Ballou v. C. & N. W. R. Co. 53 Wis. 150. So far as judgments are concerned, this rule was not affected by the provisions of sec. 3042a, S. & B. Ann. Stats, (now…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dick v. Equitable Fire & Marine InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Ballou v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- White v. AppletonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
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- Montgomery v. American Central InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- First National Bank v. FowlerWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Wisconsin Cent. Ry. Co. v. Phœnix Ins.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1903
- Hampton v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912