Legal Opinion

Wright v. Eaton

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1859PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE DANE CIRCUIT COURT. This was an action commenced hy the respondent, against the appellant in the circuit court of Dane county, to vacate and enjoin a certain judgment rendered by a justice of the peace of Columbia county, in favor of the said Eaton against the said Wright.

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APPEAL PROM THE DANE CIRCUIT COURT. This was an action commenced hy the respondent, against the appellant in the circuit court of Dane county, to vacate and enjoin a certain judgment rendered by a justice of the peace of Columbia county, in favor of the said Eaton against the said Wright. The complaint alleges that on or about the 15th day of January, 1S57, the plaintiff, Wright, was served with a summons issued by H. R. Pettibone, Esq., a justice of the peace of Columbia county, whereby he was required to appear before said justice at his office in Portage city, in said county, on the 22d…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Smith, J.

This was an action commenced by the respondent against the appellant, in the circuit court of Dane county to enjoin and restrain the collection of a certain judgment rendered by a justice of the peace in the county of Columbia.

*607The principles of law and of equity involved in this action have been fully considered in this court. In the case of Merrit vs. Baldwin, 6 Wis. Rep., 439, the authorities upon cases and questions of this nature were fully consulted, and their purport fully considered.

Again at this present term we have had occasion to review them, not only in the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Merritt v. BaldwinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1858

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