Walford v. Bartsch

This is an appeal by Harvey L. Bartsch, Jr., from an order of the circuit court dismissing his appeal to that court from a county court of Dane county. A narrow question, not of first impression, is presented on this appeal. Does a notice of appeal to the circuit court from a memorandum opinion and an order for judgment in a county court eviction action confer jurisdiction upon the circuit court to hear and decide the appeal when the respondent moved to dismiss for lack of appealability and did not participate in the merits of the appeal? We conclude, in accordance with the statutes and…