Decker v. McSorley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: O. B. "Wymam, Circuit Judge. This is an action by the plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of one Blair Decker, deceased, to recover damages for the death of said Blair Decker, such death having resulted from the kick of a horse owned by the defendant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: O. B. "Wymam, Circuit Judge. This is an action by the plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of one Blair Decker, deceased, to recover damages for the death of said Blair Decker, such death having resulted from the kick of a horse owned by the defendant. The evidence showed that the accident happened upon Caledonia street, in the city of La Crosse; that Blair Decker, the deceased, was a boy four and one-half years of age, and was the son of the plaintiff;' that on the morning of September 23, 1899, a horse owned by the…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The plaintiff predicated his claim of negligence on the part of the defendant in this case upon two grounds: first, on the ground that the horse was permitted to be at large in the street in violation of the terms of an •ordinance of the city of La Crosse; and, second, on the ground that the horse was a vicious horse, and was permitted to be at large by the defendant with knowledge of its vicious character.
It is claimed by the defendant that the ordinance was not sufficiently pleaded to entitle it to be admitted in evidence. The complaint alleged generally that at the time of the injury one…
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