Bailey v. McCormick
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Sawyer county: Joiiif X. Paeish, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover for legal services performed by the plaintiff as attorney for defendant in certain taxpayers’ actions known as the Craig, Arpin, and Carpenter suits.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Sawyer county: Joiiif X. Paeish, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover for legal services performed by the plaintiff as attorney for defendant in certain taxpayers’ actions known as the Craig, Arpin, and Carpenter suits. The defense was that defendant had no interest in the actions except in his capacity as a public officer; payment in full; that the suits were brought to set .aside illegal county orders; that plaintiff had advised the issuing of the orders and the litigation was caused thereby. The action was tried by the court and a…
1Opinion of the CourtKeRWIN, J.
1. Counsel for appellant contends that the court lost jurisdiction of the motion for new trial because not disposed of at the term at which it was made. The action was tried at the June, 1905, term of the circuit court for Sawyer county, and after verdict and at the same term the defendant moved upon the minutes for a new trial. This motion was not disposed of at the June, 1905, term, but it appears from the record that it was continued over the June, 1905, term and until after the beginning of the November, 1905, term of said court, by the order of the court, for the accommodation and with…
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