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