Village of West Milwaukee v. Bergstrom Manufacturing Co.

Defendants contend that the trial court was without jurisdiction after December 4, 1939, to enter judgment against the Bergstrom Manufacturing Company because the action against the Company abated at the expiration of three years after certified copies of a resolution of dissolution of the Company were filed with the secretary of state and the register of deeds, on December 2 and 4, 1936, respectively. Defendants’ contention in this respect must be sustained. Under the provisions of sec. 181.02, Stats., the Company continued to be a body corporate for the purpose of prosecuting and defending…