STEFFEN v. LITTLE


2 Wis.2d 350 (1957)

STEFFEN, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. LITTLE, Defendant: PARK HILL TRUCKING COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. [Two cases.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Benton, Bosser, Fulton, Menn & Nehs of Appleton, and oral argument by David L. Fulton.

For the respondents there was a brief by Sigman, Sigman & Shiff of Appleton, and oral argument by Abraham Sigman.


BROWN, J.

The sequence of events here is important. In 1952 and for many preceding years the statutes of Wisconsin contained the following provision:

"85.05 AUTOS, FOREIGN LICENSED. (3) The use and operation by a nonresident of a motor vehicle over the highways of Wisconsin shall be deemed an irrevocable appointment binding upon him, his executor, administrator, or personal representative by such nonresident of the commissioner of the motor vehicle department...

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