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Guide to the Wickham and Farr Law Firm Printed Cases and Briefs, 1888-1909

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Title: Wickham and Farr Law Firm Printed Cases and Briefs

Inclusive Dates: 1888-1909

Creators:

  • Wickham and Farr Law Firm (Eau Claire, Wis.)
  • Farr, Frank R., 1860-1932
  • Wickham, James, 1862-1944

Call Number: Eau Claire Mss BA

Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (24 volumes in 3 record center cartons)

Repository: Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division

Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr.

Abstract: Printed Wisconsin Supreme Court cases and legal briefs prepared by the Eau Claire, Wisconsin law firm of Wickham and Farr, and by opposing attorneys. The cases span the dates of James Wickham's law practice from 1888 until 1909, when he was appointed circuit court judge for Wisconsin's newly-created 19th circuit. In 1889 Wickham was joined in practice by Frank R. Farr. Wickham and Farr undertook cases from all of the counties surrounding Eau Claire. The cases represented in the collection are comprised of appeals of all types to the Wisconsin Supreme Court with two to the U.S. Supreme Court, a few to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, and one each to the Minnesota and Illinois Supreme Courts.

Language: English

Subject Terms

  • Civil law—Wisconsin—Cases
  • Lawyers—Wisconsin
  • Farr, Frank R., 1860-1932
  • Wickham, James, 1862-1944

Biography/History

James Wickham was born to Patrick and Catherine (nee Quigley) Wickham, January 31, 1862 in Melancthon Creek section, Richland County, Wisconsin. His parents were natives of County Wexford, Ireland who married in New York and lived in Cleveland, Ohio and Whitewater, Wisconsin before settling on a Richland County farm in 1860.

Both died in 1894. James was the next to youngest of seven children. He was educated in Richland County and Richland Center schools, and after high school graduation taught school for several terms. Wickham began his law practice in 1886 after completing his law studies at the University of Wisconsin. He practiced alone in Eau Claire for 3 years, until forming a partnership with Frank R. Farr in 1889, and also was Eau Claire city attorney for 7 years, 1898, 1900-1905. The partnership continued until 1909, when Wickham was appointed circuit judge for Wisconsin's newly-created 19th circuit. Wickham served as judge until poor health forced him to leave the bench in 1942, having declined three offers of appointment to the Wisconsin Supreme Court during his career.

In 1891 Wickham was married to Ida Hoskin (d. 1904). They were the parents of James Arthur, a Milwaukee attorney; Walter; William; and Catherine (later Sister Mary Dominic or Sister Mary Kim), who graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago and worked in church missions in the Far East. James Wickham married Helen Koppelberger in 1908; she died in 1920, and in 1923 he married Katherine Linley. Wickham died in 1944.

Frank Rufus Farr (1860-1932) was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, to Rufus and Ellen Farr. In 1879 the family moved to Eau Claire, where two years later Farr and his brother, Dr. J. F. Farr, opened a drug store on the city's north side. Farr later attended the University of Wisconsin and graduated from the law school in 1889. He returned to Eau Claire and went into practice with James Wickham. After Wickham's appointment to the bench, Farr went into partnership with L. M. Sturdevant, Wisconsin's attorney general, and later, with Arthur W. MacLeod until 1932. From 1890 to 1894 Farr was a receiver of the U.S. Land Office, and in 1894 and 1896 was elected Eau Claire County district attorney. He died in 1932 and was survived by his wife Irene (nee Heimbaugh), and sons Donald L., Merrill, and George M. Farr.

Scope and Content Note

The entire collection consists of 24 volumes of printed and bound Wisconsin Supreme Court cases and legal briefs prepared for those cases by Wickham and Farr, and by opposing attorneys. Wickham and Farr undertook general appeals cases from all of the counties surrounding Eau Claire. It appears that the volumes were maintained by Wickham, as his name and notes and citations are written on many of the individual briefs. The cases comprise appeals of all types to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, with two to the U.S. Supreme Court, a few to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, and one each to the Minnesota and Illinois Supreme Courts. Though the order is generally chronological, there are many exceptions.

Administrative/Restriction Information

Acquisition Information

Presented by Eau Claire County via Judge Thomas Barland, 1975. Accession Number: M75-497

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, January 1985.

Contents List

Wisconsin Supreme Court
January Term, 1888
Box 1Valley Lumber Co. vs. Absalom Smith and William White
Volume 1
August Term, 1888
Box 1Cristena Bergland vs. M.S. Frawley and T.F. Frawley
Volume 1
January Term, 1889
Box 1In Re Julius H. Opdale
Volume 1
Box 1Otto Streisssguth and Harry T. Drake vs. B. Bessinger and Samuel Reigelman
Volume 1
Box 1Mathias Frisk, Edward H. Turner and Frank E. Fallants vs. B. Bessinger and Samuel Reigelman
Volume 1
January Term, 1892
Box 1Martin J. Argard vs. Robert Parker
Volume 1
Box 1Second National Bank of St. Paul vs. Ole Larson and Bertha Larson
Volume 1
January Term, 1891
Box 1D.F. Gibbons vs. John Grinsel
Volume 1
August Term, 1890
Box 1Absalom Smith vs. The City of Eau Claire
Volume 1
January Term, 1891
Box 1David Drummond vs. The City of Eau Claire
Volume 1
Box 1Anna May Farr and J.F. Farr vs. The Trustees of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of the State of Wisconsin and Mary E. Peck
Volume 1
Box 1J.R. Farr vs. The State Bank of Phillips and A.M. Hunt
Volume 1
August Term, 1893
Box 1The City of Eau Claire vs. Maria Matzke
Volume 1
Box 1State of Wisconsin ex rel., Alex. McPhee vs. John Erickson
Volume 1
Box 1State of Wisconsin ex rel., Mike Wold vs. Ole Hanson
Volume 1
Box 1In the Matter of the Voluntary Assignment of Edward D.
Rankin to Arthur Smith for the Benefit of His Creditors
Volume 1
Box 1W.H. Frawley vs. P.J. Cosgrove
Volume 1
Box 1Ole Larson vs. The Aultman and Taylor Co.
Volume 1
Box 1Ole Larson vs. S.G. Cook and W.W. Huntington
Volume 1
Box 1Louis A. Shakman vs. Charles W.E. Sommermeyer, Lena
Brimi and Anna Huebener, Caroline Schwartz et al.
Volume 1
Box 1Sophia C. Sommermeyer vs. Charles W.E. Sommermeyer,
Lena Brimi and Anna Huebener, Caroline Schwartz et al.
Volume 1
Box 1Albert S. Gage and Eliphalet B. Gage vs. Edward W. Allen
et al.
Volume 1
Box 1Ryan Drug Co. vs. Carl M. Hvambsahl
Volume 1
Box 1John Becker, as Assignee of H.G. Talbot vs. Nils Holm,
John S. Smith and L.C. Garrison
Volume 1
Box 1Nils Holm vs. A.E. Mills and C.L. Colman
Volume 1
Box 1James Wickham vs. S.G. Cook and C.H. Maxey, and South
Shore Lumber Co.
Volume 1
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, October Term,
1895
Box 1Atlas National Bank vs. Andrew Holm, Gunder Thompson,
Nils Holm and W.W. Winterbotham
Volume 1
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date unknown
Box 1Jerome Jones et al. vs. Adolph Kellar et al.
Volume 1
Box 1Ryan Drug Co. vs. Carl M. Hvambsahl
Volume 1
August Term, 1895
Box 1James Stewart vs. Absalom Smith
Volume 1
Box 1John Groundwater vs. Town of Washington
Volume 1
Box 1Charles E. Button vs. American Mutual Accident
Association
Volume 2
Box 1J. Marshall Miller vs. James Donahue
Volume 2
Box 1John H. Foley vs. J.F. Ellis, Southwestern Land Co., and
A.A. Goff
Volume 2
August Term, 1896
Box 1J.F. Ellis vs. American Building and Loan Assn., James H.
Bishop, Thomas E. Bishop, C. Wright Davidson, and
Southwestern Land Co.
Volume 2
Box 1Thomas McDermott vs. Andrew Jackson
Volume 2
August Term, 1897
Box 1Henry Laycock vs. D.R. Moon
Volume 2
Box 1John S. Owen vs. George S. Long
Volume 2
Box 1J.W. Salter and F. Parrett vs. E.N. Smith, Pioneer
Furniture Co. and Bank of Eau Claire
Volume 2
Box 1D.J. McKenzie vs. Peter Lego and Joseph Grandmaitre
Volume 3
Box 1Elizabeth A. Ellis vs. E.W. Allen, C.L. Allen, and
Southwestern Land Co.
Volume 3
January Term, 1898
Box 1John W. Becker vs. Nils Holm
Volume 3
Box 1R.T. Breitengross vs. Ed Ensign and J.R. Farr
Volume 3
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, October Term, 1896
Box 1Andrew Holm, Nils Holm, and W.W. Winterbotham vs.
Atlas National Bank
Volume 3
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date unknown
Box 1In the Matter of the Voluntary Assignment of the
Wisconsin Odd Fellows' Mutual Life Insurance Co. to J.L.
Fulton, Assignee - Frances Kahn vs. John L. Fulton
Volume 3
Box 1John H. Christianson, as Administrator of the Estate of
Peter C. Christianson, Deceased vs. Pioneer Furniture Co.
Volume 3
August Term, 1898
Box 1Eau Claire National Bank vs. T.A. Johnson and Robert
Macaulay
Volume 4
Box 1James Wickham and Frank Farr vs. T.A. Johnson and
Robert Macaulay
Volume 4
Box 1Sarah M. Hale vs. T.A. Johnson and Robert Macaulay
Volume 4
Box 1J.M. Winterbotham vs. T.A. Johnson and Robert Macaulay
Volume 4
Box 1O.E. Stevens vs. Charles M. Coates and Charles E. Corlett,
Impleaded with O.F. Freeman
Volume 4
Box 1C.W. Davis vs. Pioneer Furniture Co.
Volume 4
Box 1J.F. Ellis vs. Southwestern Land Co.
Volume 4
Box 1H.C. Ellis vs. Southwestern Land Co., Impleaded with J.F. Ellis and Mrs. H.M. Young
Volume 4
Box 1Troy Carriage Co. vs. William Bonell and William Bonell, Jr.
Volume 4
Box 1Northwestern Fuel Co. vs. Eau Claire Fuel and Supply Co. and C.S. Lee
Volume 4
Box 1Thomas McDermott vs. Andrew Jackson
Volume 4
January Term, 1899
Box 1George W. Whereatt vs. Samuel Ellis and Peter Hanson, impleaded with J.F. Ellis
Volume 5
Box 1George Ritzinger vs. Mathias Schlosser et al.
Volume 5
Box 1In the Matter of the Voluntary Assignment of Henry E. Converse to L.A. Brace - James W. Tufts vs. L.A. Brace
Volume 5
Box 1L.A. Doolittle and A.H Shoemaker vs. Henry Laycock
Volume 5
August Term, 1899
Box 1Southwestern Land Co. vs. M. Swihart et al.
Volume 5
August Term, 1898
Box 1Esther Shafer vs. City of Eau Claire
Volume 5
August Term, 1899
Box 1Charles Veitch and Elizabeth Veitch vs. Albert Cebell and Augusta Bank
Volume 6
Box 1D.H. Galusha and Henrietta Galusha vs. Bradley B. Sherman, J.H. Langdon, A.J. Sutherland, and H.V. Scallon
Volume 6
January Term, 1900
Box 1Absalom Smith vs. H.C. Putnam, George T. Thompson and E.B. Putnam
Volume 6
August Term, 1900
Box 1William A. Cernahan vs. Austin Chrisler
Volume 6
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, October Term, 1899
Box 1City of Eau Claire vs. Herbert Payson et al.
Volume 7
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date unknown
Box 1L.J. Mueller, D.J. Van Hovenberg and Elbert Stockwell vs. Eau Claire County et al.
Volume 7
Box 1John D. Stannard and R.L. Meader vs. Clarion A. Youmans
Volume 7
January Term, 1901
Box 1Rufus W. Robinson vs. Eau Claire Book and Stationery Co. and George C. Witherby
Volume 7
August Term, 1900
Box 1Laura A. Allen et al. vs. Otto Boberg
Volume 7
Box 1H.C. Ellis vs. Southwestern Land Co., impleaded with J.F. Ellis
Volume 7
January Term, 1901
Box 1Robert K. Boyd, as Receiver of the Mutual Fire Association of Eau Claire et al. vs. Mutual Fire Association of Eau Claire et al.
Volume 7
Minnesota Supreme Court, April Term 1902
Box 1Ole Halvorsen vs. Moon and Kerr Lumber Co.
Volume 8
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date unknown
Box 1State of Wisconsin, ex rel. City of Augusta et al. vs. George J. Losby et al.
Volume 8
Box 1Rose McQuillan vs. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association
Volume 8
August Term, 1901
Box 1James Crate vs. Frank Pettepher
Volume 8
Box 2Bentley S. Phillips vs. John Hunner, John L. Gilman and Lawrence G. Moon
Volume 9
Box 2James L. Gates vs. Charles Austin Avery
Volume 9
Box 2Charles S. Lee vs. E.S. Hammond
Volume 9
August Term, 1902
Box 2State of Wisconsin on Relation of C.C. Kelleher vs. Elizabeth H. Fordyce and Elizabeth H. Fordyce vs. State of Wisconsin on Relation of C.C. Kelleher
Volume 9
Box 2Montpelier Savings Bank and Trust Co. vs. School District Number Five of Town of Ludington
Volume 10
Box 2Peter B. Morrison vs. City of Eau Claire
Volume 10
Box 2Jesse Lowe vs. Merritt C. Ring
Volume 10
Box 2Bentley S. Phillips, William Rowe, and George Johnson vs. Lawrence G. Moon, impleaded with John Hunner and John L. Gilman
Volume 10
Box 2State of Wisconsin, on Relation of Jacob Garrett vs. William H. Froehlich, Secretary of State
Volume 11
August Term, 1903
Box 2Alonzo Ruscher vs. City of Stanley
Volume 11
January Term, 1903
Box 2H.A. Bright and James Bryden vs. E.D. Carter and Robert Clark
Volume 11
Box 2H.A. Bright and James Bryden vs. E.D. Carter
Volume 11
January Term, 1904
Box 2R.O. Stoll, as Executor of the Will of John Pearl, Deceased vs. Kate Pearl, Mary Pearl and Margaret Pearl
Volume 11
August Term, 1904
Box 2C.L. Roberts vs. John Francis
Volume 11
January Term, 1904
Box 2Isabelle Wilson vs. Chippewa Valley Electric Railroad Co.
Volume 12
August Term, 1904
Box 2State of Wisconsin, ex rel. Grace Foster vs. Harry Williams, Village Clerk of the Village of Fairchild
Volume 12
Box 2State of Wisconsin, ex rel. N.C. Foster Lumber Co. vs. Harry Williams
Volume 12
Box 2Alicia Horan vs. City of Eau Claire
Volume 12
Box 2Jesse Lowe vs. Anthony Reddan
Volume 12
Box 2Frank L. Buell et al. vs. Ernest A. Arnold
Volume 12
Box 2Jesse Lowe vs. Merritt C. Ring
Volume 12
January Term, 1905
Box 2Eau Claire National Bank vs. Madison Street Manufacturing Co. et al.
Volume 13
Box 2Eau Claire National Bank vs. John T. Friend et al.
Volume 13
Box 2Ralph W. Jackman vs. Eau Claire National Bank
Volume 13
Box 2John B. Fleming and Daniel Donnellan vs. A.F. Ellison
Volume 13
August Term, 1905
Box 2Hiram L. Hart vs. City of Neillsville
Volume 13
Illinois Supreme Court, June Term, 1905
Box 2Benjamin F. Thompson and Homer Root vs. Charles F. Hemenway et al.
Volume 14
Wisconsin Supreme Court
August Term, 1905
Box 2Edward W. Allen vs. J.F. Ellis, Samuel Ellis and W.H. Ellis
Volume 14
Box 2Eau Claire Water Co. vs. City of Eau Claire and William Rowe
Volume 14
Box 2E.M. Fish Co. vs. John H. Young et al.
Volume 14
August Term, 1906
Box 2W.F. Bailey vs. R.L. McCormick
Volume 15
Box 2Ole Odegard vs. North Wisconsin Lumber Co.
Volume 15
Illinois Supreme Court, February Term, 1907
Box 2Charles F. Hemenway et al. vs. Benjamin F. Thompson and Homer Root
Volume 16
Wisconsin Supreme Court
August Term, 1907
Box 2State of Wisconsin vs. O.E. Pederson et al.
Volume 16
January Term, 1908
Box 3State of Wisconsin ex rel. William Rowe vs. C. Krumenauer et al.
Volume 17
Box 3State of Wisconsin ex rel. William Rowe vs. F. Florin et al
Volume 17
Box 3State of Wisconsin ex rel. William Rowe vs. W.W. Johnson et al.
Volume 17
Box 3State of Wisconsin ex rel. William Rowe vs. Herman Berlin et al.
Volume 17
Box 3State of Wisconsin ex rel. William Rowe vs. R.C. Hine et al.
Volume 17
Box 3State of Wisconsin ex rel. William Rowe vs. A.C. Minto et al.
Volume 17
August Term, 1906
Box 3Albert Anderson vs. Arpin Hardwood Lumber Co.
Volume 17
Box 3Emilie Eisentraut vs. Charles Cornelius and Theresa Cornelius
Volume 17
Box 3N.C. Foster vs. William Rowe, impleaded with Ralph Arnold
Volume 17
January Term, 1907
Box 3John Engeldinger vs. A.H. Stevens
Volume 18
Box 3N.C. Foster vs. William Rowe, impleaded with Ralph Arnold
Volume 18
Box 3Eau Claire Water Co. vs. City of Eau Claire and William Rowe, Mayor
Volume 18
August Term, 1907
Box 3Eau Claire Dells Improvement Co. and Dells Paper and Pulp Co. vs. City of Eau Claire
Volume 18
January Term, 1907
Box 3Dora D. Rust et al. vs. Daniel Fitzhugh
Volume 19
August Term, 1907
Box 3Isabelle Wilson vs. Chippewa Valley Electric Railway
Volume 19
August Term, 1906
Box 3Eddie Ferguson, an Infant, by F.W. Ferguson vs. Peter Truax, impleaded with John Herbert
Volume 20
January Term, 1907
Box 3Frank Pierce, Frank Carter and C.K. Averill vs. John C. Signor, John S. Crisler and Oscar Hooey
Volume 20
Box 3William Giblin vs. North Wisconsin Lumber Co.
Volume 20
U.S. Supreme Court
October Term, 1906
Box 3Eau Claire National Bank vs. Ralph W. Jackman, as Trustee of the Estate of John H. Young, a Bankrupt
Volume 21
October Term, 1907
Box 3Nathaniel C. Foster vs. William Rowe, impleaded with Ralph Arnold, as Village Clerk of the Village of Fairchild, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Volume 21
Wisconsin Supreme Court
August Term, 1908
Box 3City of Eau Claire vs. Eau Claire Water Co. and Farmers' Loan and Trust Co.
Volume 22
Box 3Town of Emery vs. Town of Worcester
Volume 23
Box 3Eddie Ferguson, by F.W. Ferguson vs. Peter Truax, impleaded with John Herbert
Volume 23
Box 3L.V. Ripley vs. Sage Land and Improvement Co.
Volume 23
January Term, 1909
Box 3Badger State Lumber Co. vs. G.W. Jones Lumber Co.
Volume 23
August Term, 1909
Box 3Hiram L. Hart vs. City of Neillsville
Volume 24
January Term, 1909
Box 3Martin B. Hubbard vs. John G. Ferry
Volume 24
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, October Term, 1908
Box 3J.R. Farr et al. vs. Hobe-Peters Land Co.
Volume 24

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