STATE EX REL. REYNOLDS, v. COUNTY COURT


11 Wis.2d 560 (1960)

STATE EX REL. REYNOLDS, Petitioner, v. COUNTY COURT OF KENOSHA COUNTY and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 4, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there was a brief and oral argument by John W. Reynolds, attorney general, Nathan S. Heffernan, deputy attorney general, William A. Platz, assistant attorney general, and Joseph B. Molinaro, district attorney, and Vivian H. Newton, assistant district attorney, of Kenosha county.

For the respondents there were briefs and oral argument by William A. Sheldon, Leo E. Vaudreuil, and David L. Phillips, all of Kenosha.


HALLOWS, J.

Sec. 3, art. VII, Const., grants three separate powers to this court: Appellate jurisdiction, general superintending control over all inferior courts, and the power to issue the "high writs" and other original and remedial writs.1 The nature and scope of the superintending power of this court has been discussed and explained from the earliest times. Attorney General v. Blossom (1853), 1 Wis. 277 (*317); Attorney General...

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