Golos v. Worzalla

The first question raised by the defendants requires us to determine the effect of the filing of the affidavit of prejudice and the proceedings in the circuit court for Marathon county subsequent thereto. An intelligent consideration of this question requires a brief review of the history of this'sec. 2625, Stats. 1917. Prior to 1853 the judge was required, upon the filing of an affidavit of prejudice, to decide upon the fact of his own prejudice. In 1853 the statute was amended so as to make it the imperative ‘duty of the judge, when a proper affidavit was filed, to remove the case to…