Linden v. Miller
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of rhe circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. T. Fairchild, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an auto collision. January 1, 1917, at about 6 o’clock in the evening, plaintiff was riding in an automobile in a northwesterly direction on Prospect avenue and on the right-hand side thereof.
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Appeal from a judgment of rhe circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. T. Fairchild, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an auto collision. January 1, 1917, at about 6 o’clock in the evening, plaintiff was riding in an automobile in a northwesterly direction on Prospect avenue and on the right-hand side thereof. The automobile was driven by her husband and was within a few feet of the east curb of the street when defendant’s automobile, which was going in a southeasterly direction, skidded into plaintiff’s and caused the injuries complained of. The…
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
It appears from the evidence that defendant’s car, a Super Six Hudson weighing about 3,500 pounds, was. driven at a rate of from ten to fifteen miles an hour at the time it began to skid. Defendant’s wife occupied the front seat with him. The rear seat was .empty. When 'an icy spot was reached the rear end of the car began to slue to *22the west and defendant in vain tried to turn the front end to the west. The result was that almost immediately his car skidded diagonally across the street, and, though he finally applied the brakes hard, he struck plaintiff’s car with quite a crash, inflicting…
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