Hull v. Mallory
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Green County. The cáse is sufficiently stated in tbe opinion. The defendant appealed from the judgment of the circuit court. - There was -no adjournment in this case, but .judgment was rendered and entered in the docket on the same day that the verdict was rendered. This is just what is meant by the word “ forthwith.” The legal meaning of that word is the same as instcmter; and instanter means during the day or within the day.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Green County. The cáse is sufficiently stated in tbe opinion. The defendant appealed from the judgment of the circuit court. - There was -no adjournment in this case, but .judgment was rendered and entered in the docket on the same day that the verdict was rendered. This is just what is meant by the word “ forthwith.” The legal meaning of that word is the same as instcmter; and instanter means during the day or within the day. Bouvier’s Law Diet.; Wearne v. Smith, 32 "Wis., 415. In all the cases that have been decided by this court, the justice had adjourned…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.
This action was tried before a justice of the peace and a jury. At two o’clock in the forenoon the jury brought in their verdict for the plaintiff of $15, and were discharged. Immediately on the coining in of this verdict, the justice, without adjournment even, left his office and went to his home, and did not return again to his office until four o’clock in the afternoon of the same day. He did not declare or pronounce, render or enter, any judgment in the case until that time, and then rendered and entered judgment for *356the plaintiff on said verdict for $15 damages and costs. On certiorari…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McNamara v. SpeesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
- Wearne v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Perkins v. JonesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
- Kleinsteuber v. SchumacherWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
3Cited by7 opinions
- Peloquin v. HibnerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1939
- Smith v. BahrWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- In re the Application of EvingsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1891
- State ex rel. Collier v. HoustonMontana Supreme Court · 1907
- Sluga v. WalkerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1899
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