Wieting v. Town of Millston
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Jackson County. Tbe opinion states tbe case. They contended, writer alia, that it was error to refuse tbe first, second, fourth, and fifth special instructions, asked by tbe defendant, on tbe subject of contributory negligence.1
1Opinion of the Court
' Tatlor, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for an injury received upon a highway in the defendant town, the plaintiff alleging that his injury was caused by a defect in such highway. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the trial court, and the defendant town appeals to this court. The errors alleged are (1) that the plaintiff failed to prove that he had given notice of his injury to the supervisors of the town, as required by sec. 1339, E. S.; (2) because the appellant alleges that, upon all the evidence in the case, it was conclusively shown that the plaintiff was guilty of…
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