Young v. Lego
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Chippewa County. This is an action brought in the police court' of the city of Chippewa Palis to recover possession of certain articles of personal property described in the complaint. The answer is a general denial. The plaintiff recovered judgment for the property claimed, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Chippewa County. This is an action brought in the police court' of the city of Chippewa Palis to recover possession of certain articles of personal property described in the complaint. The answer is a general denial. The plaintiff recovered judgment for the property claimed, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court. The complaint is in the form prescribed by the statute (E. S., ch. 120, secs. 135 and 141), and the process was personally served on the defendant in said city, but the officer serving the same failed to find and seize the property which is…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
I. It appeared on. the trial of the action, that the property in controversy was taken by the defendant outside the corporate limits of the city of Chippewa Falls. It is claimed on behalf of the defendant, that the action is local, and that the police justice had no jurisdiction of the subject matter thereof, because his jurisdiction territorially is confined to such limits. If the action is local, Connors v. Gorey, 32 Wis., 518, is an authority which sustains the position. That was an action commenced in a municipal court of the city of Fond du Lac for an unlawful and forcible entry and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Child v. ChildWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
- Robinson v. MeadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
- Connors v. GoreyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Smith v. BahrWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Carrier v. CarrierWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Olson v. PeabodyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904