Heaton v. Independent Mortuary Corp.

The issue on appeal is whether an order of the circuit court denying defendant’s motion to dismiss the action for want of personal jurisdiction is appealable as of right to the court of appeals or is appealable only on leave granted by the court of appeals. In an unpublished decision dated April 20, 1979, the court of appeals dismissed the defendant’s appeal on the ground that the appeal was not from a final order and therefore was not appealable as of right under sec. 808.03(1), Stats., 1 and also refused to grant leave to appeal from the non-final order on the ground the defendant failed to…