STATE EX REL. REYNOLDS v. CIRCUIT COURT


15 Wis.2d 311 (1961)

STATE EX REL. REYNOLDS, Attorney General, and others, Petitioners, v. CIRCUIT COURT for WAUKESHA COUNTY and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 29, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners the cause was argued by Herman E. Friedrich of Milwaukee, and Richard E. Barrett and Jay Schwartz, assistant attorneys general, with whom on the brief were John W. Reynolds, attorney general, and Michael, Best & Friedrich of Milwaukee.

For the respondents there was a brief by Lowry, Hunter & Tikalsky of Waukesha, and oral argument by Donald J. Tikalsky.


FAIRCHILD, J.

1. Is this an appropriate case for exercise of superintending control? A writ of prohibition may be invoked in cases of nonjurisdictional error where appeal from the error may come too late for effective redress, or be inadequate, and there is need for such intervention to avoid grave hardship or a complete denial of the rights of a litigant.1 If relators Gutschenritter and...

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