Burnham Bros. Brick Co. v. Riesen

The order dismissing the cause for want of prosecution, it then having been pending more than three terms in the circuit court, was a then proper disposition of the cause under the rules of said court. That the order of dismissal was not followed by formal order in writing or by a judgment of dismissal is, under the situation in this case, immaterial. The direction from the bench for a dismissal was the action of the court, was complete, *528definite, final, and sufficient. Allen v. Voje, 114 Wis. 1, 8, 89 N. W. 924; Wallis v. First Nat. Bank, 155 Wis. 533, 537, 538, 145 N. W. 195; Wehr v. Gimbel…