Anderson v. Rountree
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for Dane County. This was an action of assumpsit, commenced by summons, and brought by Anderson against Rountree, in the Dane county district court. Rountree was a member of the legislative council, and process was served upon him on the next day after the adjournment of the legislative assembly.
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ERROR to the District Court for Dane County. This was an action of assumpsit, commenced by summons, and brought by Anderson against Rountree, in the Dane county district court. Rountree was a member of the legislative council, and process was served upon him on the next day after the adjournment of the legislative assembly. At the return term the defendant pleaded his privilege in abatement of the suit, to which plea the plaintiff demurred specially, and, the demurrer being sustained on the ground of the informality of the plea, leave was given to the defendant to plead over. The defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The defendant was a member of the legislative council of the Territory, from Grant county, and was in Madison attending the same as such member. The council adjourned on the 19th day of February, 1841, and on the next day a summons was served on said defendant at Madison, in said county of Dane, before he left for his home. Said writ was returnable to the next term of the district court for said county, to be holden on the second Monday of May in said year. At the return of the writ, the defendant filed a plea, claiming to be discharged from said suit, on the ground of his privilege as such…
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