Brown v. Pratt
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to tbe County Court for Columbia County. Action on tbe case before a justice of tbe peace, and tbe plaintiff bad a verdict and judgment for one hundred dollars, and costs. Tbe defendants appealed to the county court for Sauk county, and upon trial a verdict was found for the defendants, which was set aside and a new trial granted.
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ERROR to tbe County Court for Columbia County. Action on tbe case before a justice of tbe peace, and tbe plaintiff bad a verdict and judgment for one hundred dollars, and costs. Tbe defendants appealed to the county court for Sauk county, and upon trial a verdict was found for the defendants, which was set aside and a new trial granted. The venue was changed to Columbia county, and a motion was then made to dismiss the appeal for insufficiency of the affidavit for appeal, it stating that the defendants’ “ application in this suit for an appeal is made in good faith and not for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtLarrabee, J.
The affidavit made and filed with the justice was not the one required by the statute. In all cases of appeal from a justice, the affidavit must be “ that the appeal is made in good faith,” etc., and not that “ the application for an appeal is made,” etc.
The county court should have granted the motion to dismiss, for this reason.
The judgment is therefore reversed, upon this ground. We do not deem it necessary to investigate the cause further.
Judgment reversed.
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