Long v. City of Neenah
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Winne'bago county: Geo. W. BubNell, Circuit Judge. Tbe complaint alleges, in effect, tbat tbis action is brought against tbe city to recover damages sustained by tbe plaintiff wbile a resident of tbe city and in tbe employ of Kimberly & •Clark Company as a workman at tbe Badger Mills, so called, in said city, on tbe morning of July 5, 1904, at said city, by being set upon by a riotous mob, consisting of tbe six persons therein…
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Winne'bago county: Geo. W. BubNell, Circuit Judge. Tbe complaint alleges, in effect, tbat tbis action is brought against tbe city to recover damages sustained by tbe plaintiff wbile a resident of tbe city and in tbe employ of Kimberly & •Clark Company as a workman at tbe Badger Mills, so called, in said city, on tbe morning of July 5, 1904, at said city, by being set upon by a riotous mob, consisting of tbe six persons therein named and other persons unknown to tbe plaintiff; ■that such persons were then’ and there assembled in a violent and…
1Opinion of the CourtOassoday, C. J.
It apjoears from the undisputed evidence-that the plaintiff left Neenah, where he had been at work for-some time, on Saturday evening, July 2, 1904, and went to-Chicago, and returned therefrom to Neenah a little after 3-o’clock on the morning of Tuesday, July 5, 1904, where he was met at the depot by a riotous mob and by them was beaten, bruised, and pounded cruelly. While the fact is involved in this controversy, yet we are not here called upon to consider the liability or punishment of such offenders. The plaintiff is here seeking to hold the city liable for the damage so inflicted upon him…
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- State v. ShoveWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Moody v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1866
- Schiellein v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1865
- Loomis v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1872
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