Legal Opinion

Harris v. Cameron

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided February 2, 1892PublishedCited by 23 opinions

APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to ha-ve been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The facts are stated in the opinion. The plaintiff appeals from a judgment of nonsuit. to the point that the question of defendant’s negligence was for the jury, cited Spensley v. Lancashire Ins. Go. 54 Wis. 438; Atkinson v. Goodrich Transp.

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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to ha-ve been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The facts are stated in the opinion. The plaintiff appeals from a judgment of nonsuit. to the point that the question of defendant’s negligence was for the jury, cited Spensley v. Lancashire Ins. Go. 54 Wis. 438; Atkinson v. Goodrich Transp. Go. 60 id. 141; Milw. ds St. P. P. Go. v. Kellogg, 94 U. S. 469; Kellogg v. O. ds K. W. P. Go. 26 Wis. 223; 16 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 436, and eases cited in note 3; Id. 444; SJmmaker v. St.…

1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.

The facts of this case, so far as necessary to make the decision intelligible, are substantially as follows: Some time prior to the 5th day of October, 1889, the defendant, a resident of the city of Oshkosh, and the father of the boy Eobbie Oameron, of the age of about eleven years, bought at the hardware store of Webb & Eundles in said city, for his son Eobbie, a metallic air-gun, called the “ Daisy Air-G-un,” to replace a wooden air-gun that Eobbie had formerly had and used; and Eobbie had played with and used this air-gun to shoot at a mark, and perhaps small birds, about his home and in…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Shepard v. Milwaukee Gas Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1858
  2. Briffitt v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Parish v. Town of EdenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Hagerty v. PowersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Nicholls v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Strahlendorf v. Walgreen Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Hopkins v. DroppersWisconsin Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Lane v. ChathamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
  4. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1971
  5. Rafferty v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966

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