Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

3 Wis. 742

Adler v. Gee

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1854

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1854-06-15

This was an action of assumpsit, commenced by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, on the 29th day of December, 1853, before O. Parsons, a justice of the peace in Milwaukee county. The plaintiff below declared for services in grading certain streets in front of the defendant’s lots by excavation and filling, to the amount of eight hundred and eighty-eight cubic yards, at 14 cents per yard.

Decided 1854-06-15

¶1By the Court,

Ckawuoei), J.

¶2Upon looking into the record returned from the court below, we discover that this cause originated before a justice of the peace of Milwaukee county, and on the trial in the justice’s court, the jury rendered a verdict of “ no cause of action,” and thereupon the justice gave judgment against the plaintiff for the costs of the suit, taxed at nine dollars and ninety-two cents. From this judgment the plaintiff appealed to the County Court of Milwaukee county, in which court a trial was had, which resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff. The cause comes before us by writ of error.

¶3From the foregoing statement of the case it is evident that the County Court acquired no jurisdiction. The judgment was only for costs, and there was nothing in the case before the justice to show that “the claim of either party as proved at the trial,” exceeded fifty dollars, as contemplated by section 227, of chapter 88, of the Revised Statutes. An appeal was not the proper remedy in this case. A writ of certiorari might have been used.

¶4The judgment of the County Court must be reversed with costs.

/3/wis/742 · .json · Public domain