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16 Wis. 294

Meyer v. Foster

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1862

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1862-06-15

Meyer brought an action against Foster to recover for work and labor; the defendant denied the complaint, and put in a set-off, and demanded a trial by jury. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff of $12, and judgment was rendered in his favor for that sum and $17.11 costs .of suit. The defendant appealed to the circuit court.

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Decided 1862-06-15

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¶1By the Court,

Dixon, C. J.

¶2It does not appear from the return of the justice that the jury left the court. They may have considered and rendered their verdict without retiring, in which case there was no necessity of their being put under the charge of an officer, or of his being sworn. Hatch vs. Mann, 9 Wend., 262.

¶3To justify the reversal of the judgment for an improper taxation of costs, it must appear affirmatively that the justice erred. Fuller vs. Wilcox, 19 Wend., 351. Ho presumptions will be indulged against the regularity of his proceedings. If the appellant relies upon the want of an affidavit to the travel and attendance of witnesses, or to the disbursements, he must show that none was made; and if, upon the fact that he paid *296the fees of the jurors, at the time they were called, he must show that; for the presumption is, that the justice would not have taxed them if already paid. None of these things appear from the return.

¶4The interpreter’s fees were taxable as a necessary and proper disbursement. R. S., chapt. 133, sec. 27.

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