SCHAEFER v. RIEGELMAN

No. 00-2157.

250 Wis.2d 494 (2002)

2002 WI 18

639 N.W.2d 715

Ronald A. SCHAEFER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert G. RIEGELMAN, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant there were briefs by Robert R. Weinstine and Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, and oral argument by Thomas H. Boyd.

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief by Terry E. Johnson, David F. Andres and Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Terry E. Johnson.


¶ 1. JON P. WILCOX, J.

In this case we review a summary judgment order of the Racine County Circuit Court, Bruce E. Schroeder, Judge. The circuit court held that because the plaintiff's summons and complaint were signed by an attorney who was not licensed to practice law in Wisconsin, they contained a fundamental defect, which deprived the circuit court of jurisdiction even though the signature was made on behalf of and at the direction of an attorney who was...

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