Riggles v. Priest
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. Bueiíell, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for a personal injury. The issues raised by tbe pleadings were as to whether defendant was actionably negligent; whether plaintiff failed to exercise ordinary care and thus contributed to produce the injury; the extent of the injury and proper measure of compensation in ease of defendant being liable.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. Bueiíell, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for a personal injury. The issues raised by tbe pleadings were as to whether defendant was actionably negligent; whether plaintiff failed to exercise ordinary care and thus contributed to produce the injury; the extent of the injury and proper measure of compensation in ease of defendant being liable. There was evidence showing or tending to show, this: The accident occurred May 12, 1913, at about 1:40 o’clock p. m. There was yet sufficient daylight to enable travelers on the…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
The jury having convicted respondent of having been guilty of negligence on the occasion in question, which was the proximate cause of the accident, no prejudicial error was committed unless erroneous instructions were given, or correct ones refused as to whether respondent was guilty of such negligence by reason of having violated sec. 1636 — 49, Stats. 1911, which required a traveler on the highway with an automobile or other vehicle to observe “the general and usual rules of the road,” or because of having violated sec. 1636 — 49a, Stats. 1913, which required a person in driving an…
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