Lamonte v. Ward
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action was brought by leave of court on a bond in the penal sum of $1,600, executed to the sheriff of Milwaukee county, by the defendant Pierce as principal, and by the other defendants (the appellants) as sureties.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action was brought by leave of court on a bond in the penal sum of $1,600, executed to the sheriff of Milwaukee county, by the defendant Pierce as principal, and by the other defendants (the appellants) as sureties. The bond contained the recital that Pierce had been arrested upon a special order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county as for a contempt; and the condition thereof was, that if he should appear on the return of such attachment, and abide the order and judgment of the court thereupon, wichout any fraud or other delay,…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
I. It is stated in the complaint that the case of Lamonte v. Pierce was commenced in the Milwaukee county court; that all of the proceedings in the cause until after the alleged contempt was committed by Pierce, were had in that court; and that, pending an application to punish Pierce for such contempt, the venue was duly changed to the circuit court. It is now claimed, on behalf of the appellants, that such change of venue was without authority of law, and, consequently, that the circuit court never obtained jurisdiction of the proceeding. The statute provides for the removal from the county…
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