Keller v. Town of Gilman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from, a judgment of the circuit court for Pierce county: E. B. Bundy, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages resulting from an alleged defect in a highway in the defendant town. It appears that on the 1st of June, 1890, the plaintiff, with his wife, was riding along a highway in the defendant town, in a buggy drawn by a single horse.
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Appeal from, a judgment of the circuit court for Pierce county: E. B. Bundy, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages resulting from an alleged defect in a highway in the defendant town. It appears that on the 1st of June, 1890, the plaintiff, with his wife, was riding along a highway in the defendant town, in a buggy drawn by a single horse. There was evidence tending to show that the traveled part of the highway contained deep gullies and large stones, by reason of which the buggy was tipped over and the horse became frightened and ran away, throwing out and seriously injuring…
1Opinion of the CourtWinsLow, J.
The principal contention made by the defendant as a ground for reversal of this judgment is that evidence of the declarations and complaints made by the *11injured woman to her mother and husband from time to time were erroneously received in evidence. The rules with regard to the reception of this class of evidence in cases where the extent of an injury is under investigation are quite well established. They may be briefly recapitulated as follows: First. The statements and declarations of a patient as to his pains and feelings, when made to a physician for .the purpose of treatment, may be…
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