Jochem v. Robinson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: It appears in the record that the defendant Robinson was a wholesale grocer, doing business on East Witter street in Milwaukee, Januarjr 11,1882; that on that day he was engaged in transferring sugar in barrels into the front of his store from a sleigh in the street near the sidewalk; that for that purpose he employed a skid upon a toe-board, upon which…
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APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: It appears in the record that the defendant Robinson was a wholesale grocer, doing business on East Witter street in Milwaukee, Januarjr 11,1882; that on that day he was engaged in transferring sugar in barrels into the front of his store from a sleigh in the street near the sidewalk; that for that purpose he employed a skid upon a toe-board, upon which he rolled the barrels from the sleigh into his store; that while so engaged the plaintiff, traveling upon the sidewalk,…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The complaint in this action was held to be sufficient on demurrer on the former appeal. 66 Wis. 638. It alleged that the merchandise being transferred from the sleigh to the store was packed in kegs of the capacity of about five gallons each, weighing less than fifty pounds. Upon such state of facts it was held to be a question for the jury whether the obstruction of the sidewalk by the use of the skid was merely temporary' and reasonably necessary. It is now established as a fact that, instead of kegs of the weight mentioned, they were barrels of sugar, each weighing 300 pounds, and that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jochem v. RobinsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
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