Wisconsin Supreme Court November 16, 1900 (Rice v. Ashland County)

MaRshall, J.

This appeal turns on the construction of ■sec. 2811®, Stats. 1898, which reads as follows: “The circuit courts and the superior courts may dismiss, upon their own ■or upon the motion of either party and with or without notice, any and all actions or proceedings pending therein in *191which issue shall have been joined and which shall not be brought to trial within five years from and