Legal Opinion · Dissent

Jacobson v. Bryan

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided July 6, 1943Published

1DissentFairchild, J.

{dissenting). If the certificate of the officer that the collision was a “sideswipe” of the cars was improperly admitted, as seems to be the case under Reynolds v. Wargus, 240 Wis. 94, 2 N. W. (2d) 842, I fail to see.how we can hold that it is not a prejudicial error. As to the sufficiency of the objection to the admission of the traffic officer’s report, it appears that the plaintiff was making a general offer of a paper which ordinarily would not be qualified as evidence. There was no reason for supplementing the testimony already given and it was not offered for the purpose of refreshing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Heap v. ParrishIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Rosenberg v. SheahanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Reynolds v. WargusWisconsin Supreme Court · 1942

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