Wright v. City of Fort Howard
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. Action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff Sarah L. Wright by reason of a defective sidewalk in the defendant city. ■ The evidence tended to show that as the result of a fall upon such sidewalk the plaintiff wife suffered a miscarriage, which was followed \>y prolapsus uteri; and that the injury was probably permanent.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. Action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff Sarah L. Wright by reason of a defective sidewalk in the defendant city. ■ The evidence tended to show that as the result of a fall upon such sidewalk the plaintiff wife suffered a miscarriage, which was followed \>y prolapsus uteri; and that the injury was probably permanent. There was a special verdict to the effect (1) that the walk in question was out of repair at the time of the injury; (2) that the city authorities knew of its being out of repair; (3) that it hacl been out…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
Counsel for the defendant assigns as error (1) that the court improperly overruled certain objections to questions put to the plaintiff Mrs. Wright while being examined in her own behalf. After describing her fall, and stating her pregnancy at the time, she was asked: “ Did anything happen to you by reason of that fall?” This was objected to as incompetent, and the objection was overruled,' and the defendant excepted. To that question the witness answered, in effect, that she fell on Saturday afternoon, and had a miscarriage the following Monday; • that she went borne as usual, but that it…
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