Transcontinental Insurance v. Hartung Motor Co.

1. The act governing the civil court, Milwaukee Civil Court Act, sec. 28.2, 1 provides that appeals to the circuit court “shall be taken within twenty days after the entry of the judgment or order appealed from.” Since the appeal to the circuit court in the present case was taken within twenty days after the judgment was “ordered rein stated” on January 4, 1956, the question is whether the judgment entered November 18, 1955, was effectively vacated on December 7th. We consider that it was so vacated and that therefore the appeal taken within twenty days after its reinstatement was timely.

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