Guillaume v. Wisconsin-Minnesota Light & Power Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: E. C. ITigbee, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries to plants belonging to the plaintiff, situate in a greenhouse in connection with plaintiff’s dwelling on Sixth street in the city of La Crosse.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: E. C. ITigbee, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries to plants belonging to the plaintiff, situate in a greenhouse in connection with plaintiff’s dwelling on Sixth street in the city of La Crosse. It is the claim of the plaintiff that defendant’s employees were guilty of negligence in repairing defendant’s gas mains which extended into the plaintiff’s premises, in consequence of which gas escaped into the greenhouse and poisoned the plants. The jury returned the following verdict: “(1) Did the…
1Opinion of the CourtKerwin, J.
Tbe greenhouse in question faced westerly •on Sixth street and immediately in tbe rear of it was plaintiff’s dwelling. There was a door in tbe greenhouse leading from Sixth street and also a door from tbe greenhouse to tbe dwelling bouse. Tbe floor of tbe greenhouse was on a level with tbe street, but there was a basement or cellar under tbe whole length of tbe dwelling divided by brick partition walls. Tbe west basement was next to tbe greenhouse and contained a coal furnace wbicb heated tbe greenhouse. There was an opening about three feet square in each partition wall dividing tbe…
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