Section 21. Rights of Suitors

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Rights of Suitors

(1) Writs of error shall never be prohibited, and shall be issued by such courts as the legislature designates by law.
(2) In any court of this state, any suitor may prosecute or defend his suit either in his own proper person or by an attorney of the suitor’s choice.

Summary: Amend subsection (1) and add subsection (2).

Election Date: April 5, 1977

Votes For Ratification: 455,350

Votes Against Ratification: 229,316

Percent for Ratification: 67%

Percent Against Ratification: 33%

Notes: The joint resolution on record misstates the year of the election; the election was held in April 1977 not April 1978 (https://access-newspaperarchive-com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/us/wisconsin/madison/madison-wisconsin-).

Amendment Source: 1977 JR 7

Effective Date Source: Wisconsin, State Elections Board, State Canvasses, 1970-1998, 2000-2012 Box

Rights of Suitors

Writs of error shall never be prohibited by law.

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