74 Wis. 347 | Wis. | 1889
This action is brought to recover of the defendant §100, due upon a promissory note given by him to the plaintiff September 18, 1885, with interest from that date, and §64 for the use of the plaintiff’s horse. The defendant, by answer, admitted the execution of said note and denied all other allegations of the complaint, and by separate answer sets up counterclaims for $63, money paid for the plaintiff’s use, and for $183.13, for labor and services performed for the plaintiff and at his request, as an at
This is a very clear case for a reference. This account, within the meaning of the statute, may properly be called a “ long account.” Turner v. Nachtsheim, 71 Wis. 16. The contention of the learned plaintiff that if the action from its nature is not referable the answer cannot make it so, is answered by the statute under which the reference was made, — subd. 1, sec. 2864, R. S.: “When the trial of an issue of fact shall require the examination of a long account on either side; in which case the referee may be directed to hear and decide the whole issue,” etc.
The merits of the issue cannot be considered on such a motion. The affidavit of the plaintiff “that the whole account is without any foundation in fact, and that neither of the fifteen items of said account are a legal charge against the plaintiff,” was therefore out of place.
By the Court.— The order of the superior court is affirmed.