Howard v. Beldenville Lumber Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
'Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Busk county: JoiiN 3L Paeish, Circuit Judge. Action for personal injuries. The claim in the complaint was this: September 2, 1904, plaintiff was an employee of defendant in the latter’s sawmill at Bruce, Wisconsin. The machinery on the main floor of such mill consisted in part of a slab saw which was attended by one person when the mill was operating.
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'Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Busk county: JoiiN 3L Paeish, Circuit Judge. Action for personal injuries. The claim in the complaint was this: September 2, 1904, plaintiff was an employee of defendant in the latter’s sawmill at Bruce, Wisconsin. The machinery on the main floor of such mill consisted in part of a slab saw which was attended by one person when the mill was operating. Beneath such saw and extending down to within about two feet of the ground floor there was a box construction for directing the'sawdust from such saw to a conveyor running horizontally, nearly,…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
Tbe proceedings which occurred during the impaneling of the jury and at the close of the evidence, in regard to whether any casualty insurance company was interested in the litigation, merit criticism. Whether, under the circumstances, they should be regarded, of themselves, as prejudicially erroneous, is questionable and need not be decided. It may be otherwise, though, if so, they come very dangerously near that line.
Very much of the criticism, indulged in as to a tendency of jurors in cases of this sort of deciding issues from biased views, suggests rather faulty administration than…
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