Ahlhauser v. Butler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Action by William Ahlhauser against William Allen Butler, Thomas E. Stillman, Thomas H. Hubbard, John Notman, Adrian H. Joline, Wilhelmus Mynderse, and William Allen Butler, Jr. Defendants obtained judgment. 57 Fed. 121. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUNN, District Judge.
The court is satisfied to affirm the judgment of the circuit court in this case, upon the opinion of the judge before whom the case was tried, reported in 57 Fed. 121, with this observation: That the case does not present itself here, as in the court below, upon the facts and the law together. The court below' has found the facts, and that finding has the effect of' the verdict of a jury. Appellees’ liability turned upon the ques*793tion of negligence in their practice as attorneys in the cases. That question is one essentially of fact, which has been found by the court in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- St. Louis v. RutzSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Runkle v. BurnhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Reed v. StappCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1892
- Skinner v. Franklin CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1893
- Ahlhauser v. ButlerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1893