Sawicki v. Wulff
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Kenosha county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. Action begun February 9, 1918, to recover damages for unlawful detainer. The summons and complaint were personally served upon the defendant, but she did not appear in the action, and on May 6, 1918, judgment for $1,800 (treble damages) and costs was entered against her.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Kenosha county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. Action begun February 9, 1918, to recover damages for unlawful detainer. The summons and complaint were personally served upon the defendant, but she did not appear in the action, and on May 6, 1918, judgment for $1,800 (treble damages) and costs was entered against her. Thereafter she moved to set aside the judgment on the ground that there had been no service of process sufficient to give the court jurisdiction of defendant. This motion was denied by the court on August 12, 1918. She then moved upon…
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
The judgment was vacated during the term of its rendition and was therefore peculiarly within the control of the trial court. Hansen v. Fish, 27 Wis. 535; Servatius v. Pickel, 30 Wis. 507; Brown v. Brown, 53 Wis. 29, 9 N. W. 790; Boutin v. Catlin, 101 Wis. 545, 77 N. W. 910; Smith v. Milwaukee E. R. & L. Co. 119 Wis. 336, 96 N. W. 823; Frost v. Meyer, 137 Wis. 255, 118 N. W. 811; Weber v. Weber, 153 Wis. 132, 140 N. W. 1052. Its ruling cannot be disturbed except for an abuse of discretion, and that is *379the only question raised by the appeal. Boutin v. Catlin, 101 Wis. 545, 77 N. W. 910.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Weber v. WeberWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
- Servatius v. PickelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- Boutin v. CatlinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Brown v. BrownWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Hansen v. FishWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
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