LOOK v. ZIGNEGO CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 289.

47 Wis.2d 197 (1970)

177 N.W.2d 127

LOOK and wife, Appellants, v. ZIGNEGO CONTRACTORS, INC., and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Boren, Schmidt & Fleming, attorneys, and Morton J. Schmidt of counsel, all of Cudahy, and oral argument by James E. Boren.

For the respondent Milwaukee county there was a brief by Kivett & Kasdorf, attorneys, and Nonald J. Lewis and Thomas A. Wilson of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Lewis.


ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

If this case were to be decided by the flip of a coin, heads or tails, no one could lose. The trial court dismissed the complaint without prejudice, and an identical successor action has been started by the plaintiffs, perhaps using Xerox copies of the first complaint. If the trial court is here sustained, the plaintiffs proceed with the carbon copy second suit. If the trial court is reversed, the plaintiffs proceed with the first lawsuit, not...

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