Swanson v. Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 3, 1929:
Rosenbekry, C. J.
In the view which we take of this case it is not necessary for us to consider all of the questions raised by counsel. If it appears as a matter of law that the failure of plaintiff to exercise ordinary care in accordance with the finding of the jury was more than a slight want of ordinary care, the judgment cannot stand and other questions become immaterial.
At the close of the case and-upon motions to direct the verdict, the trial court, although he permitted the verdict to stand, was in great doubt upon the question of…
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