Chunot v. Larson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
AEPEAL from the Circuit Court for Crawford County. The complaint in this action alleges that at the times therein-after mentioned, the defendant, at etc., wrongfully kept and owned a dog, accustomed to chase, worry and kill cows and other domestic animals, as defendant well knew; that, on etc., said dog wrongfully and forcibly broke and entered a certain described close of the plaintiff, and in said close did wrongfully chase, worry and kill a certain cow of the plaintiff,…
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AEPEAL from the Circuit Court for Crawford County. The complaint in this action alleges that at the times therein-after mentioned, the defendant, at etc., wrongfully kept and owned a dog, accustomed to chase, worry and kill cows and other domestic animals, as defendant well knew; that, on etc., said dog wrongfully and forcibly broke and entered a certain described close of the plaintiff, and in said close did wrongfully chase, worry and kill a certain cow of the plaintiff, of the value of $50, to plaintiff’s damage in that sum, for which judgment is demanded. Answer, a general denial. On tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
I. Says Dixon, C. J., in O’Conner v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 31 Wis., 160-166: “It is well settled in this state that the wife, having acted as the agent of the husband, is a competent witness for him to prove any act done by her or fact transpiring within the scope of such agency.” See further the cases in the note to Birdsall v. Dunn, 16 Wis., 236 (V. & B.’s ed.), where the cases upon this subject are col*539lected. In the case before ns, when Mrs. Cbunot was offered as a witness, her testimony was objected to on the ground that she wras the wife of the plaintiff. The objection was a general…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Van Leuven v. Lyke & DumondNew York Court of Appeals · 1848
- Meibus v. DodgeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
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- O'Conner v. Hartford Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
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