Inglehardt v. Mueller
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Eritz, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages for the death of Gordon William Inglehardt, seven, years of age, the son of the plaintiff, who died as a result of a four-section, 255-pound radiator falling on him. The radiator was attached to the wall of the entrance of an apartment building in which decedent and his parents lived.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Eritz, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages for the death of Gordon William Inglehardt, seven, years of age, the son of the plaintiff, who died as a result of a four-section, 255-pound radiator falling on him. The radiator was attached to the wall of the entrance of an apartment building in which decedent and his parents lived. The decedent’s father entered into a lease with the defendant, Mueller, the owner of the building, on or about the 31st day of October, 1911, whereby Mueller leased to the…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecKBR, J.
Tbe circuit court in awarding judgment dismissing tbe plaintiff’s complaint held tbat tbe defendant, under bis relationship to tbe plaintiff and family resulting from tbe provisions of tbe lease letting to tbe plaintiff tbe apartment adjoining tbe ball of tbe building where tbis radiator was located, owed no duty to bave tbe radiator safely attached to tbe wall of tbe building, because tbe ball constituted a part of tbe leased premises. As shown in. the foregoing statement, tbe lease contained tbe following provision respecting tbe hallways:
“It is distinctly understood tbat tbe front and rear…
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