Meier v. Paulus
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Marathon County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Tayloe as a part of the opinion: This action was brought to recover damages for the neglect of the defendant in not properly watching and caring for the plaintiff, while he -was in his charge, being then sick, and temporarily deranged from the effect of such sickness.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Marathon County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Tayloe as a part of the opinion: This action was brought to recover damages for the neglect of the defendant in not properly watching and caring for the plaintiff, while he -was in his charge, being then sick, and temporarily deranged from the effect of such sickness. The complaint alleges that the defendant, Paulus, was duly appointed to take the care and custody of the poor of Marathon county during the year 1883, and that he assumed the duties incident to his position in…
1Opinion of the CourtTayloe, J.
The appellant alleges as error, first, the refusal of the court to receive as evidence the deposition of the defendant taken before the trial in the manner prescribed by sec. 4096, E. S. There are also three errors alleged in the rejection of other evidence offered by plaintiff, and for receiving certain evidence on the part of the defendant. The fourth error assigned is that the court erred in directing the plaintiff to be nonsuited. We shall content ourselves with the consideration of the first and fourth errors assigned.
Was it error to refuse to permit the plaintiff to read to the jury the…
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