State ex rel. Dunlap v. Nohl
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tRe circuit court for Eond du Lae county: Michael ERrwah, Circuit Judge. TRe appellant Raving Reen convicted Refore one of tRe justices of tRe peace of tRe city of Bipon, under an ordinance enacted in 1898 imposing a penalty upon “every person wRo sRall own or Rave in Ris possession in tRis city any unlicensed dog,” procured to Re issued from tRe circuit court for.Eond du Lac county a common-law writ of certiorari to review tRe validity of sucb…
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Appeal from a judgment of tRe circuit court for Eond du Lae county: Michael ERrwah, Circuit Judge. TRe appellant Raving Reen convicted Refore one of tRe justices of tRe peace of tRe city of Bipon, under an ordinance enacted in 1898 imposing a penalty upon “every person wRo sRall own or Rave in Ris possession in tRis city any unlicensed dog,” procured to Re issued from tRe circuit court for.Eond du Lac county a common-law writ of certiorari to review tRe validity of sucb judgment. Tbe justice made return of the proceedings, showing that appellant was arrested upon affidavit dated July 21,…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
Appellant’s most important contention is that the justice of the peace had no jurisdiction of a suit to enforce a penalty for breach of an ordinance, for the reason that the general charter vests that jurisdiction in police courts; *19that the clause in the general charter (sec. 925 — 61, Stats. 1898), which continues the jurisdiction of courts or magistrates existing at the time of its adoption by any city in which there was a court or magistrate having the jurisdiction by the general charter conferred on police courts, has no application, because no such court existed in the city when- the…
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