Palmer v. Smith
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Eock county: Geoege Geimm, Circuit Judge. Tbis action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to bave been sustained by plaintiff in consequence of a sbot fired by tbe defendant while plaintiff and others were at a charivari on tbe premises of tbe defendant on the 23d day of June, 1910. It is charged in tbe complaint that tbe defendant wantonly sbot tbe plaintiff in tbe leg, and that tbe bullet penetrated…
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Eock county: Geoege Geimm, Circuit Judge. Tbis action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to bave been sustained by plaintiff in consequence of a sbot fired by tbe defendant while plaintiff and others were at a charivari on tbe premises of tbe defendant on the 23d day of June, 1910. It is charged in tbe complaint that tbe defendant wantonly sbot tbe plaintiff in tbe leg, and that tbe bullet penetrated plaintiff’s leg below tbe knee, cutting, tearing, bruising, and lacerating tbe muscles, tendons, .and arteries. Tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.
Tbe defendant was married June 16, 1910, rand at tbe time of tbe injury complained of was living on a farm, occupying tbe south half of tbe farm bouse, and bis brother, who was also a married man, occupying tbe north 'half with bis wife and one child four years old. Each occupied bis half exclusively. On the night in question at about 11 p. m. tbe plaintiff and some fourteen others went to tbe house of tbe defendant to charivari him. "When tbe crowd *72arrived on defendant’s premises he and his wife had retired and were in a small room on the second floor which faced the-east toward the highway,…
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