Lego v. Shaw
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Hau Claire County. The defendants compose five firms engaged in manufacturing lumber at the city of Eau Claire, in the county of the same name; and most of them reside in that city. The plaintiffs reside in Chippewa county, and are engaged in rafting lumber on the Chippewa river.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Hau Claire County. The defendants compose five firms engaged in manufacturing lumber at the city of Eau Claire, in the county of the same name; and most of them reside in that city. The plaintiffs reside in Chippewa county, and are engaged in rafting lumber on the Chippewa river. This action was brought in Eau Claire county, to recover damages alleged to have been caused by certain piers and booms within its limits, placed in the Chippewa river by the defendants, and maintained by them therein for the purpose of holding logs to be sawed into lumber at their…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
The order from which this appeal was taken, is attacked on three grounds: 1. It is claimed that by bringing their suit in Eau Claire county with full knowledge of the existence of the grounds of objection to a trial in that county, the plaintiffs waived their right to demand that the place of trial be changed. The statute provides that either party in any civil cause may apply for a change of venue for the causes alleged in the petition therefor in this action (among others), and, if the court is satisfied of the truth of the allegations, it shall grant the application. R. S. 1849, ch. 95; R.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jackman Will CaseWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
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