VILLAGE OF MENOMONEE FALLS v. MEYER

No. 98-3195.

229 Wis.2d 811 (1999)

601 N.W.2d 666

VILLAGE OF MENOMONEE FALLS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Paul G. MEYER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided August 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Rex R. Anderegg of Anderegg & Mutschler, LLP of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Timothy W. Feeley of von Briesen, Purtell, & Roper, SC of Milwaukee.

Before Nettesheim, Anderson and Snyder, JJ.


ANDERSON, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether § 800.14(4), STATS., permits a new trial in the circuit court when the case was judicially resolved, but its merits were not fully litigated, before the municipal court. We conclude that the legislature modified § 800.14(4) to reduce the number of circuit court jury trials resulting from municipal court appeals. Considering the legislature's intent for § 800.14(4), we determine that without a trial on...

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