Court Opinion

ID: 9516591
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 23:46:12.018084+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:40:50.329922
License: Public Domain

STEINMETZ, J.
(concurring). The majority refers to sec. 799.03, Stats., in the last paragraph of the opinion only as additional justification for ruling that the word “shall” in sec. 799.01 did not work a significant change in the application of the statute. Sec. 799.03 clearly *643states that secs. 799.01 and 799.02 are “procedural and not jurisdictional.” The obvious meaning of that section is that civil actions, where the amount claimed is $1,000 or less, are governed by the procedural provisions of ch. 799 if they are brought as small claim actions. However, actions for $1,000 or less need not be jurisdiction-ally brought under ch. 799.
I do agree with the other reasoning of the majority and the result reached by the majority.