Ferguson v. Truax
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. .ViNJE, Circuit Judge. Tbe issues involved in tbe case, tbe facts respecting the location of tbe elevator in defendant’s building, its construct tion, manner of operation, its use by tbe occupants of tbe building as tenants of tbe defendant, and tbe facts bearing on defendant’s neglect to keep tbe elevator in a reasonably safe condition for carrying passengers are stated in detail in tbe report of tbe case…
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. .ViNJE, Circuit Judge. Tbe issues involved in tbe case, tbe facts respecting the location of tbe elevator in defendant’s building, its construct tion, manner of operation, its use by tbe occupants of tbe building as tenants of tbe defendant, and tbe facts bearing on defendant’s neglect to keep tbe elevator in a reasonably safe condition for carrying passengers are stated in detail in tbe report of tbe case on tbe former appeal (132 Wis. 478,110 N. W. 395, 111 N. W. 657, 112 N. W. 513), and need not be restated here. It…
1Opinion of the Court
Siebeciceb, I.
1. Tbe appellant urges that the hypothetical questions propounded to four doctors respecting the-cause of plaintiff’s present condition of health and the progressive character and permanency of his illness, besides assuming certain specific facts, embraced an assumption that, the plaintiff’s evidence as to his height, weight, nervous condition, pain, the suffering endured by him up to the time of the trial, and his ability and inability to work was true. Erom an examination of the record it appears that the evidence of the plaintiff was conflicting and contradictory upon-the…
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