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Crandall v. BaconCrandall v. Bacon

Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jun 15, 1866
Reporters:
Before:
Downer
Downer, J.

The judgment of the justice of the peace enjoined ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‍by the circuit court was void. The justice adjourned the cause one week, without specifying the hour of ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‍the day, or tho> place to which it was adjourned. He thereby lost jurisdiction of the cause. Roberts v. Warren, 3 Wis., 736; Brown ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‍v. Kellogg, 17 Wis., 475.

There was a plain, adequate remedy by common law certi-orari to reverse this void judgment.

By the ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‍Court.- — -The judgment of the circuit court is reversed, and the cause remanded with directions to ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‍dismiss the complaint.

A motion for a rehearing was denied.

Case Details

Case Name: Crandall v. Bacon
Court Name: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date Published: Jun 15, 1866
Citation: 20 Wis. 639
Court Abbreviation: Wis.
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