State v. Trustees of Milwaukee County Orphans' Board

At the outset we have: First, the question as to the jurisdiction of the county court of Milwaukee county of the subject matter and the interested parties; and, secondly, if the county court had jurisdiction of the subject matter and the interested parties, are the final judgments of the court as entered in the several estates in question res judicata?

The proceedings had in the county court in the several estates run through ' the years from 1871 until 1932. Sec. 2443 of the Revised Stats, of 1878 and sec. 253.03, Stats. 1931 (and intervening statutes), define the jurisdiction of the county…