Lewko v. Chas. A. Krause Milling Co.

The controversy in this case is occasioned by the fact that in Angelier v. Red Star Yeast & Products Co. 215 Wis. 47, 254 N. W. 351, the cases of Lewko v. Chas. A. Krause Milling Co. 179 Wis. 83, 190 N. W. 924, and Zartner v. George, 156 Wis. 131, 145 N. W. 971, upon which it was largely based, were overruled. Upon this appeal the plaintiff contends that, in accordance with the Blackstonian theory, the law declared in the Angelier' Case was the law of this state at all prior times, and that, although the identical controversy was adjudicated in the former action, the rule of res judicata…