Ross v. Ebert

Appellants’ first contention is that the circuit court had jurisdiction to order the Bricklayers Union to admit appellants to membership. For support of this contention they rely principally on sec. 9, art. I, Wis. Const., reading as follows:

“Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries, or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property, or character; he ought to obtain justice *526freely, and without being obliged to purchase it, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay, conformably to the law.”

This constitutional provision has frequently been…