Wisconsin Statutes 898.22 – Voluntary return
Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 898.22
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
In every suit brought by a sheriff on such bond the defendants may plead a voluntary return of the prisoner to the jail from which the prisoner escaped, or the liberties thereof, or the recapture of such prisoner by the sheriff from whose custody the prisoner escaped before the commencement of such suit, and may give evidence thereof in mitigation of the damages or judgment claimed, but upon such answer of a voluntary return judgment shall be rendered against the defendant in the action for $25 for each day or part of day such defendant was outside of such liberties, together with the costs of the action; and such defendants shall be entitled to make such or any other defense to such suit which might be made by such sheriff to an action against the sheriff for such escape.