Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin, Volume 57 |
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Page 116 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose. All other officers whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, and all officers whose offices may hereafter be created by law, shall be elected by the people, or appointed,...
Page 545 - ... before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survive, an action may be commenced by his representatives, after the expiration of that time and within one year from his death.
Page 447 - Now, therefore, this indenture witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the premises and of the sum of one dollar to it duly paid by the party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged...
Page 569 - This action is for goods admitted to have been sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant, and the question arises, as has been explained, on demurrer to the third defense.
Page 647 - Where the trial of an issue of fact shall require the examination of a long account on either side ; in which case the referees may be directed to hear and decide the whole issue, or to report upon any specific question of fact involved therein ; or, 2.
Page 64 - As an insane man is civilly liable for his torts, he is liable to bear the consequences of his infirmity, as he is liable to bear his misfortunes, on the principle that where a loss must be borne by one of two innocent persons, it shall be borne by him who occasioned it.
Page 655 - York, the petitioner above named ; that he has read the foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof; that the same is true to his own knowledge except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief and as to those matters he believes it to be true.
Page 81 - Miller was a real or fictitious individual." as though determined by the supreme court itself. (Bridges v. Fisk, 53 Cal. App. 117 [200 Pac. 71].) [3] Appellant also insists that it was error on the part of the trial court to permit...
Page 395 - When any person shall die possessed of any personal estate, or of any right or interest therein not lawfully disposed of by his last will, the same shall be applied and distributed as follows : First.
Page 615 - A person who merely gives permission to pass and repass along his close is not bound to do more than allow the enjoyment of such permissive right under the circumstances in which the way exists ; that he is not bound, for instance, if the way passes along the side of a dangerous ditch or along the edge of a precipice, to fence off the ditch or precipice. The grantee must use the permission as the thing exists. It is a different question, however, where negligence on the part of the person granting...