131 Wis. 311 | Wis. | 1907
Whether the judgment of the municipal court is to be deemed a justice’s court judgment depends upon the character of the municipal court wherein it was rendered. The act creating this court provides that it shall he a municipal .pourt for Langlade county, and that the judge shall be elected by the people of the county for four years, and that no one shall be elected to such office unless he be a duly, licensed attorney at law. The jurisdiction conferred extends beyond that of justices of the peace, in that civil actions may be brought in the court wherein the damages or value of the property in controversy does not exceed the sum of $500. It is also vested with jurisdiction to try all appeals in civil ac
It is claimed that no statute of limitation is pleaded except those specified in the fourth.paragraph of the answer, namely, sec. 4219 and subd. 1, sec. 4222, Stats. (1898). The pleadings of both parties allege the date of the rendition of the judgment sued on, and the answer, in addition to alleging the date of the filing of the transcript with the clerk of the circuit court, contains the following allegation:
“Third. That more than ten years have elapsed between the entering of said judgment and the commencement of this action.”
This separate allegation, in connection with the other facts alleged in the answer, indicates that reliance was placed on
It however appears that a transcript of this municipal court judgment was filed with the clerk of the circuit court on March 11,1897. The statute creating this court provides:
“Transcripts of judgments of the municipal court may be filed and docketed with the clerk of the circuit court for said county with the same effect as may bo transcripts of- judgments rendered by justices of the peace of said county.”
Sec. 2900, Stats. (1898), authorizes the filing of transcripts of such judgments with the clerk of the circuit court and directs the docketing thereof in the docket of the court in the manner prescribed for docketing circuit court judgments, and provides:
“Every such judgment, from the time of such filing of the transcript thereof, shall be deemed the judgment of the circuit court, be equally under the control thereof and be carried into execution, ... in the same manner and with like effect*315 as tbe judgments thereof, except that no action can be brought upon the same as a judgment of said court nor execution issued thereon after the expiration of the period of the lien thereof on real estate provided by section 2902.”
This lien is limited to a period of ten years from the date of the rendition of the judgment. If, then, this action be treated as one on this judgment so- docketed in the circuit, court, it is obvious that it was not commenced within the period prescribed in the foregoing statute and it was barred after ten years from the date of its rendition. See Sullivan v. Miles, 117 Wis. 576, 94 N. W. 298.
Erom the foregoing it is manifest that the cause of action was barred before suit was commenced, and that the circuit court properly awarded judgment dismissing the complaint.
By the Court. — Judgment affirmed.