Bonniwell v. Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: Martin L. Luecic, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for the .death of plaintiff’s minor son. Trial-before a jury resulted in judgment for plaintiff upon a special verdict. Defendant appeals. The deceased boy, Clarence F. Bonniwell, Jr., was about eleven years and four months of age at the time of the accident. He attended school and was in the third or fourth, grade.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: Martin L. Luecic, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for the .death of plaintiff’s minor son. Trial-before a jury resulted in judgment for plaintiff upon a special verdict. Defendant appeals. The deceased boy, Clarence F. Bonniwell, Jr., was about eleven years and four months of age at the time of the accident. He attended school and was in the third or fourth, grade. The school was about two and one-half miles from Clarence’s home, and about half way between was the “Na-shota” stop and shelter station on defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtJoNES, J.
This is one of a class of cases which must always appeal strongly to the sympathy of every one cognizant of the facts. A bright, spirited boy, full of the buoyancy of youth, thoughtless of danger, undertakes a too hazardous venture and comes to his untimely death. We are confronted with the question whether upon the record and the facts proved the verdict can be sustained and the owner of the property on which the accident happened can be held responsible.
*5The grounds of negligence on the part of the defendant which are relied on are that the trolley poles, steel towers, and spikes or…
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