Bassett v. Warner
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wmnebago County. The facts alleged in the' complaint are substantially as follows : On the 8th of November, 1849, Harvey Jones died at Neenah in said county, intestate, leaving no widow, but leaving as his heirs at law three minor children, Gilbert 0., Abigail W., and Willard Jones, aged respectively twelve, ten and eight years; of whom the first is made defendant, the second is the wife of James Bassett and joined with him as plaintiff…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wmnebago County. The facts alleged in the' complaint are substantially as follows : On the 8th of November, 1849, Harvey Jones died at Neenah in said county, intestate, leaving no widow, but leaving as his heirs at law three minor children, Gilbert 0., Abigail W., and Willard Jones, aged respectively twelve, ten and eight years; of whom the first is made defendant, the second is the wife of James Bassett and joined with him as plaintiff herein, and the third has sold his interest to said James. On the 3d of December, 1849, the county court of said county…
1Opinion of the Court
Cole, J".
Although tbe complaint in this case is demurred to on several grounds, yet tbe only question which seems to us to require any serious examination is, whether tbe complaint is bad on account of multifariousness.
It is true, one ground of demurrer assigned is, that tbe circuit court has no jurisdiction of tbe subject matter of the action, for tbe reason that tbe county court of Winnebago *685county has acquired, aud still retains, exclusive jurisdiction thereof. But this objection, and the one that the complaint does not state a cause of action, seem to us so obviously untenable that no…
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