Wood v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tie Circuit Court for Dane County. The decision of this court upon a former appeal in this action will be found reported in 27 Wis., 541-555. The opinion of Mr. Justice Lyon as there printed, on pp. 546-548, contains a statement of the facts as they then appeared from the record. Substantially the same facts were shown upon a second trial; the plaintiff again had a verdict and judgment; and the defendant again appealed.
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APPEAL from tie Circuit Court for Dane County. The decision of this court upon a former appeal in this action will be found reported in 27 Wis., 541-555. The opinion of Mr. Justice Lyon as there printed, on pp. 546-548, contains a statement of the facts as they then appeared from the record. Substantially the same facts were shown upon a second trial; the plaintiff again had a verdict and judgment; and the defendant again appealed. One of the defendant’s exceptions was to the decision of the circuit court allowing a greater sum than $25 for attorney’s fees in the taxation of plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
After the decision of this court in the case of Conkey against this defendant, nothing further need be said upon the question of the liability of the defendant for the property lost or destroyed. The only remaining question is that which relates to the question of costs. The defendant objects that no more than twenty-five dollars attorney’s fees can be taxed on the action. And this calls for a construction of a clause of section 59, ch. 133, p. 1533, Tay. Stats., which limits the amount of attorney’s fees “in actions at law on contract” to *400twenty-five dollars. And tbe question is, Can this be…
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- Walsh v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
- Rhodes v. LamarSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
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