898.26 Evidence; costs. In every action brought by a sheriff on such bond the recovery of a judgment against the sheriff for the escape of the prisoner shall be evidence of the damages sustained by the sheriff in the same manner as if such judgment had been collected; and such sheriff shall be entitled to recover the costs and the sheriff's reasonable expenses in defending the suit against the sheriff as part of the sheriff's damages.
History: 1993 a. 486.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 898 - Persons in jail on civil process.
898.01 - Discharge of persons confined for tort.
898.04 - Prisoner to be examined.
898.07 - Certificate to sheriff.
898.08 - Other applications for discharge.
898.10 - Judgment to remain in force.
898.11 - Inability to pay fees.
898.12 - Payment and discharge.
898.13 - Discharge by plaintiff.
898.16 - When prisoner to have.
898.18 - Commitment if surety not good.
898.19 - Surrender of principal.
898.23 - Effect of judgment against sheriff.
898.28 - Suit on bond; damages.
898.29 - Effect of assignment.