Gould v. Merrill Railway & Lighting Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Lincoln ■county: Almon A. Helms, Judge. Among other references upon the part of the appellant were the following: Rideout v. Winnebago T. Qo. 123 Wis. 297, 101 N. W. 672; O’Brien v. G., St. R., M. & O. R. Go. 102 Wis. 628, 78 N. W. 1084; Gawley v. La Grosse Gity R. Go. 101 Wis. 145, 77 N. W. 179; Walters v. G., M. & St. P. R. •Go. 104 Wis. 251, 80 N. W. 451; Gollins v. Janesville, 117 Wis. 415, 94 N. W. 309; Weed & G. Mfg.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Lincoln ■county: Almon A. Helms, Judge. Among other references upon the part of the appellant were the following: Rideout v. Winnebago T. Qo. 123 Wis. 297, 101 N. W. 672; O’Brien v. G., St. R., M. & O. R. Go. 102 Wis. 628, 78 N. W. 1084; Gawley v. La Grosse Gity R. Go. 101 Wis. 145, 77 N. W. 179; Walters v. G., M. & St. P. R. •Go. 104 Wis. 251, 80 N. W. 451; Gollins v. Janesville, 117 Wis. 415, 94 N. W. 309; Weed & G. Mfg. Go. v. Whitcomb, 101 Wis. 226, 77 N. W. 175; Whereatt v. Worth, 108 Wis. 291, 84 N. W. 441; DutJiie v. Washburn, 87 Wis.…
1Opinion of the CourtTimlin, J.
The plaintiffs in this action, founded upon alleged negligence of defendant, had a special verdict finding the motorman in charge of defendant’s car negligent; that this negligefice was the proximate cause of the injury to plaintiffs’ horses, wagons, and harness; that the plaintiffs were free from contributory negligence and their damages were $450. Considering the commonplace nature of the action and the amount involved, the litigation seems to have been conducted with such zeal, industry, and pugnacity from the selection of the jury to the final taxation of costs as to present an unusual…
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