Wisconsin Supreme Court February 3, 1970, 131 (Taylor v. State Highway Commission)

Robert W. Hansen, J.

The chronology of events in the record of this case raises the question, not whether the action should have been dismissed when it was, but why it was not dismissed earlier for the evident failure to diligently seek its trial and disposition.

The circuit court rested its dismissal of this action on three foundations: (1) Sec. 269.25, Stats.;

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(2) sec.

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270.