AHRENS-CADILLAC OLDS v. BELONGIA

No. 88-1691.

151 Wis.2d 763 (1989)

445 N.W.2d 744

AHRENS-CADILLAC OLDSMOBILE, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Aaron BELONGIA, and Belongia Law Firm, Ltd., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Aaron Belongia, and Belongia & Associates, S.C., of Elm Grove.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of H. Dale Peterson, and Stroud, Stroud, Willink, Thompson & Howard, of Madison.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Eich, JJ.


EICH, J.

Aaron Belongia and the Belongia Law Firm, Ltd. (Belongia), appeal from a judgment denying their postverdict motions. The trial court held that because Belongia's motions were not filed within twenty days of the verdict, as required by sec. 805.16(1), Stats., the court lacked competency to exercise jurisdiction to decide them. The propriety of that ruling is the sole issue on appeal, and we resolve it against Belongia...

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