Ault v. Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court of Winnebago County, v The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tayloe: “This was an action to recover the value of a sewing machine owned by the plaintiff, and which, it was alleged, had been converted by the defendant. The action, was commenced in justice’s .court, and appealed to the county court of Winnebago county; and from the judgment in that court an appeal is taken to this court.
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APPEAL from the County Court of Winnebago County, v The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tayloe: “This was an action to recover the value of a sewing machine owned by the plaintiff, and which, it was alleged, had been converted by the defendant. The action, was commenced in justice’s .court, and appealed to the county court of Winnebago county; and from the judgment in that court an appeal is taken to this court. The pleadings and evidence both show that the sewing machine in controversy was the property of the plaintiff at the time it came to the possession of the defendant company. The…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The learned counsel for the appellant have filed a very elaborate brief in this case, and have very ably discussed several propositions of abstract principles of law, which were not considered by the learned county judge on the trial, because in his view of the evidence in the case they were not controverted facts. Among these propositions are three wh ich the learned county judge withheld from the jury for the reason either that they were conclusively established by the evidence, or because there was no evidence to support them. Upon two of these questions1 — first, as to the ownership of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hutchinson v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
3Cited by9 opinions
- Gatzow v. BueningWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Heddles v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
- Ward v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Weisel v. SpenceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Schweickhart v. StueweWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
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