Jones v. St. Onge
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wood County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice' Cassoday : “January 20, 1885, Peter St. Onge commenced an action of replevin against Robert and W. D. Connor, in the circuit court for Wood county, to recover certain logs described. Thereupon the Connors gave the requisite undertaking, with two sureties, and retained possession. Issue being joined in said action, the same was tried in said circuit court.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wood County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice' Cassoday : “January 20, 1885, Peter St. Onge commenced an action of replevin against Robert and W. D. Connor, in the circuit court for Wood county, to recover certain logs described. Thereupon the Connors gave the requisite undertaking, with two sureties, and retained possession. Issue being joined in said action, the same was tried in said circuit court. Upon that trial, and June 2, 1885, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that St. Onge was the-owner and lawfully entitled to…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
1. The garnishee proceedings were commenced in justice’s court. The requisites of the affidavit for garnishment in that court are prescribed by sec. 3716, E. S. The affidavit here conformed to those requirements. This was sufficient to give the justice jurisdiction, without stating the amount of the plaintiff’s claim against the defendant over and above all offsets, as required in an affidavit for garnishment in the circuit court by secs. 2753, 2768, E. S., as amended by ck. 86, Laws of 1881, and ch. 286, Laws of 1885. An amendment to a particular section *523of the statute prescribing a certain…
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