Pinter v. Wenzel
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. T. Fairchild, Circuit Judge. This action was brought for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, which injuries plaintiff alleges were due to negligence of the defendant. At the close of the testimony the court gránted a nonsuit and awarded judgment dismissing the complaint.' This is aii appeal from such judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, C. J.
On May 18, 1919, the plaintiff, who was riding a motorcycle, requested an employee of defendant to supply his motorcycle with- one gallon of gásolihe from a gasoline filling station operated by defendant at a pleasure park owned by him. • The-plaintiff remained-seated bn the motorcycle and undertook to hold the hose' and adjust the nozzle to guide the flow of the gasoline into .the container while the-employed of-defendant turned-the- crank of the filling-station tank-.- The gasoline overflowed--the-gasoline container of plaintiff’s-motorcycle'-and pou'red-over the motor, an’explosion…
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