Groeschner v. John Gund Brewing Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, who was a member of the police force of the city of La Crosse. At the time of his death he was a motorcycle officer. North Third street extends in a northerly and southerly direction, is brick-paved, forty-six feet wide from curb to curb, and a single street-car track occupies the center of the street.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, who was a member of the police force of the city of La Crosse. At the time of his death he was a motorcycle officer. North Third street extends in a northerly and southerly direction, is brick-paved, forty-six feet wide from curb to curb, and a single street-car track occupies the center of the street. State street intersects, said Third street at right angles, is .also, brick-paved, and is forty-two .feet in width from curb, to…
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
It is first argued that the deceased was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law and that a verdict should have been directed in favor of the defendant. The deceased was proceeding north on the east side of Third street at a moderate rate of speed. The defendant’s truck was going south on the west side of Third street, and as it approached the intersection of Third and State streets the driver thereof turned to the left for the evident purpose of cutting the corner as he turned east on State street, and the collision occurred within a few feet of the northeast corner of the…
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