Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22
No. 255, ST. Published May Is, 1913.
CHAPTER 237. LAWS OF 1913.

No. 255, 81 Published May 10, 1913.
CHAPTER 237, LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To confer civil and criminal
jurisdiction on the county court OF La
fayette county.
The people of the state of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section /. There is hereby conferred
on the county court of Lafayette county,
jurisdiction in all civil actions and pro-
ceedings in law and in equity, concurrent
with and equal with the jurisdiction OF
the circuit court in said county, for all
claims, demands and sums and to and
concerning all property, not exceeding the
sum or value Of twenty-five thousand DOL
lars; provided, that said county court
shall have Jurisdiction In all actions in
said county for the foreclosure of mort
cages and mechanic liens, in which the
amount claimed does not exceed the sum
above mentioned, although the property
to be effected by the Judgment exceeds
the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars
In value; and of all actions for divorce
or for affirmance or annulment OF mar
riage contracts; and all actions Tor re-
moving clouds and quoting title to real
estate and all actions for partition or
real estate; and in all bastardy actions
ard in all criminal cases except murder,
manslaughter and homicide; and to the
amount and within the limits aforesaid
the said county court shall be a court of
general Jurisdiction, with the same pow
err and jurisdiction in all civil and GRIM
inal actions and proceedings, ana lnciud-
Ing the power of review of RECORDS on
certiorari discharging mortgages Of rec
ord and such other special powers as are
now or may hereafter be conferred by
the statutes upon the circuit court, COM
ing within the above limitations. as be-
long to and are exercised by the circuit
court In and for said county.
Section g. All actions commenced pc
fore q Justice of the peace in Lafayette
county, where the title to lands will come
in question, and which were heretofore
required by law to be sent and certlneo
to the circuit court, may hereafter at the
election Of the party making the plea or
answer showing that the title of lands
will come in question, be sent and certi-
fed either to the circuit court or to the
county court.
Section g. Appeals from judgments of
Justices of the peace in said county, may
hereafter be taken either to the circuit
court or county court OF said county at
the option of the appellant and II taken
to said county court such appeal shall be
tried and determined therein in the same
manner as Is by law required In the cir
cult court, and in accordance with the
rules and practice of the county court of
Lafayette county in force at the time OF
said trial, and all laws providing for TAX
ing appeals in civil actions from justices
of the peace or Justices courts of said
county, shall hereafter be construed to
apply equally to such appeals when taken
to said county court.
Section A., The said county court, with
in the limits aforesaid, shall be court
OF record with q clerk and seal, and shall
have full power and authority to issue all
writs and legal process, proper and neces-
Bary to carry into effect the jurisdiction
state. and to carry out such jurisdiction
shall have and exercise all powers now
possessed, or which may hereafter be pos
kessed by the circuit courts Of this state.