Rix v. Sprague Canning Machinery Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tlie circuit court for Washington •county: Martie L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. The defendant, a foreign corporation, made a motion after a judgment of default had been entered against it to set aside the service of the summons in the action and all proceedings subsequent thereto on the ground that the service was void. Erom an order denying the motion it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtVieje, J.
1. Respondent questions the appealability of the order. An order made before judgment refusing to set Aside the service of a summons is not appealable. Latimer v. Central E. Co. 101 Wis. 310, 77 N. W. 155; Welsher v. Libby, McNeil & Libby, 106 Wis. 291, 82 N. W. 143. *573Neither can its validity be tested by a writ of error (Paine v. Chase, 14 Wis. 653), for that can be brought only on a judgment or on an award in the nature of a judgment (Wheeler v. Scott, 3 Wis. 362), and an appeal from a judgment constitutes a general appearance. Barnum v. Fitzpatrick, 11 Wis. 81; Ruthe v. G. B. & M. R. Co. 37…
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