25 Wis. 539 | Wis. | 1870
The judgment of the circuit court dismissing the writ of certiorari was improper. There is no pretense that it was not regularly and properly issued and returned. And this being so, if, upon the hearing, it appeared that the action of the justice of the peace was legal, his judgment should have been affirmed, instead of dismissing the writ. Strictly speaking, the appeal from that judgment brings up only the question whether there was an irregularity in practice in the proceedings on the writ in the circuit court, justifying such dismissal/
But as that form of judgment appears to have been adopted as proper where there appeared no reason for reversing the judgment of the justice, and the merits were fully argued, we have considered them, and come to the conclusion that his judgment ought to have been reversed-; for the reason that he lost jurisdiction by not rendering judgment forthwith, as the statute requires, on-receiving the verdict. He adjourned over from Saturday night until Monday afternoon. This cannot be held a compliance with the statute. One of the cases referred to in the statute (sec. 160, ch. 120), in which the judgment is required to be rendered forthwith, is where the defendant is in custody at the hearing of the cause ; and - the object of this provision clearly shows that the legis
By the Court. — The judgment dismissing the writ is reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions to enter judgment reversing that of the justice.