Saveland v. Connors
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from au order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee •county: LaweeNCe W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. Appeal from au order setting aside tbe service upon tbe ■defendants and dismissing tbe action.
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Appeal from au order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee •county: LaweeNCe W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. Appeal from au order setting aside tbe service upon tbe ■defendants and dismissing tbe action. It appeared that tbe plaintiff, in July, 1902, bad bet money upon a prize fight in Springfield, Illinois, apparently with tbe understanding that by collusion between tbe participants tbe one upon whom be bet was to win, but that in fact tbe convention between them was tbe reverse of bis understanding, whereby bis champion lost tbe fight and -plaintiff bis money; that be considered.defendant Connors,…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
1. The finding of tbe trial court to tbe effect •that botb Connors and McCarren were by plaintiff decoyed into tbis state for the purpose of bringing them within tbe jurisdiction of its courts by fraudulently bolding out to them another and different purpose is supported by some affirmative evidence, and is not antagonized by that clear preponderance necessary to its reversal. Upon tbe fact so found was aroused tbe power of tbe court, in its discretion, to refuse its jurisdiction to a case brought within it by trickery, to purge its docket of sucb a disgrace. Townsend v. Smith, 47 Wis. 623, 3…
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- Wanzer v. BrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- Hill v. GoodrichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
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