Forkenbridge v. Excelsior Mutual Building & Loan Ass'n

The action was brought in the civil court of Milwaukee county by a tenant from month to month against his landlord to recover damages for injury to his furniture caused by water coming during a severe rainstorm through the ceiling of his apartment. The civil court awarded judgment to the plaintiff for $70.50 damages and $20.10 costs. The defendant appealed 'to the circuit court and that court on review of the record returned affirmed the judgment and entered its own judgment for recovery of the amount of the civil court judgment, interest thereon, and circuit court costs, in all aggregating…