Legal Opinion

Zastrow v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 8, 1924PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtVxnje, C. J.

We have not set out in detail all the allegations in the complaint that show a cause of action once existing for damages for personal injuries or for fraud in obtaining the justice’s court judgment, for we shall assume plaintiff had a cause of action for both. ' It is not quite clear that the circuit court passed upon the merits of the validity of the justice’s court judgment. If we assume that it did, then its decision upon that point is res judicata because it has not been appealed from and stands unreversed. If we assume that it did not, as we do, then plaintiff could still maintain an…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Laun v. KippWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Boring v. OttWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Balch v. BeachWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
  4. State ex rel. Burdick v. TyrrellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Stowell v. EldredWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Werner v. RiemerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1949

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