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STATE EX REL. BECK v. DUFFY

38 Wis.2d 159 (1968)

STATE EX REL. BECK, Appellant, v. DUFFY, Judge of Milwaukee County Court, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 27, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by John A. Keck and Ray T. McCann, both of Milwaukee.

For the respondent the cause was argued by Robert E. Sutton, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief were Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and William A. Platz, assistant attorney general.

WILKIE, J.

Preliminary to our consideration of the issues presented on this appeal it should be noted that it is undisputed that the writ of prohibition was the appellant's proper remedy.

We have held that the writ of prohibition may be invoked "in cases of a nonjurisdictional error when the appeal may come too late for effective redress, or be inadequate and there is a need for such intervention to avoid grave hardship...

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