Hite v. Keene
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: Chesteb A. Eowleb, Judge. They contended, inter alia, that tbe court was not bound by tbe opinion of experts as to tbe meaning and effect of foreign statutes, but these were questions of fact for tbe jury. Baxter v. O. & N. W. R. Co. 104 Wis. 301, 309, 80 N. W. 644; Head v. Hcvrgi'ave, 105 U. S. 45; Finney v. Guy, 189 U. S. 335, 343, 23 Sup. Ct. 558; Laing v. Rigney, 160 U. S. 531, 16 Sup.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: Chesteb A. Eowleb, Judge. They contended, inter alia, that tbe court was not bound by tbe opinion of experts as to tbe meaning and effect of foreign statutes, but these were questions of fact for tbe jury. Baxter v. O. & N. W. R. Co. 104 Wis. 301, 309, 80 N. W. 644; Head v. Hcvrgi'ave, 105 U. S. 45; Finney v. Guy, 189 U. S. 335, 343, 23 Sup. Ct. 558; Laing v. Rigney, 160 U. S. 531, 16 Sup. Ct. 366. Tbe rule which prevails here, that statutes of limitation extinguish tbe right and not tbe remedy merely, is based on tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbe following opinion was filed January 30, 1912:
BaeNes, J.
This is an action for libel, based on two letters written by tbe defendant, who was United States consul at Geneva, Switzerland, to one Smith, and in which numerous charges derogatory to tbe character of one Louis Hite were made. One of these letters was written in December, 1905, and tbe other in January, 1906. Tbe contents of tbe letters were communicated to Hite in January, 1906, and tbe letters were delivered to him in April of tbe same year. This action was commenced in July, 1907. Mr. Keene was a resident of Milwaukee before bis…
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