City of Boscobel v. Bugbee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Grant County. The action was commenced in a justice’s court of the city of Boscobel, for an alleged violation of a city ordinance; and was appealed by the defendant to the circuit court. This is an appeal by the plaintiff jcity from a judgment of that court dismissing the action for its failure to comply with the terms on which it had obtained a continuance of the cause, by paying the costs of the term at which such continuance was granted.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Grant County. The action was commenced in a justice’s court of the city of Boscobel, for an alleged violation of a city ordinance; and was appealed by the defendant to the circuit court. This is an appeal by the plaintiff jcity from a judgment of that court dismissing the action for its failure to comply with the terms on which it had obtained a continuance of the cause, by paying the costs of the term at which such continuance was granted. The case is more fully stated in the opinion. that the justices’ courts created by the charter of the plaintiff city,…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
1. This action was commenced before a justice of the peace of the city of Eoscobel, to recover a penalty for vio*63lating an ordinance of tbe city. The ordinance was entitled “ an' ordinance for the protection of the public peace;” and the charge against the defendant was, that he had violated the ordinance, “ by fighting and threatening to fight.” On the trial before the justice, the defendant was found guilty, and was adjudged to pay a fine of $15, besides the costs; and, in default of the payment of the fine and costs, the defendant was to be imprisoned in the county jail for ten days, or…
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