Luethe v. Schmidt-Gaertner Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: JOHN J. Gregory, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff brought this action in the civil court of Milwaukee county to recover damages for a personal injury. The case was tried to the court and a jury. The civil court awarded judgment in plaintiff’s favor on the verdict of the jury. The circuit court, upon appeal, reversed the judgment of the civil court and awarded judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint with costs.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: JOHN J. Gregory, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff brought this action in the civil court of Milwaukee county to recover damages for a personal injury. The case was tried to the court and a jury. The civil court awarded judgment in plaintiff’s favor on the verdict of the jury. The circuit court, upon appeal, reversed the judgment of the civil court and awarded judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint with costs. The complaint alleges that on May 31, 1916, while driv-i ing a motor truck along Murray avenue in the city of Milwaukee,…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.
The circuit co>urt concluded that the driver of the motor truck was not guilty of any want of ordinary care which proxirnatelv-^caused the plaintiff’s in*594jury and that the evidence shows conclusively that the plaintiff was guilty of a want of ordinary care which proxi-raately caused her injuries. The circuit court also held that the trial court erred in receiving the opinion evidence as to the speed of the truck, based'on the skid marks made by the wheels of the truck at the time of collision, and that the court erroneously interj ected into the issues submitted to the jury a question as to…
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