Little v. Town of Iron River
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Bayfield county: John K. Pabish, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for an injury claimed to have been sustained by him by reason of the defective condition of a certain highway in the defendant town. The trial of the action resulted in a verdict for plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Bayfield county: John K. Pabish, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for an injury claimed to have been sustained by him by reason of the defective condition of a certain highway in the defendant town. The trial of the action resulted in a verdict for plaintiff. The defendant appeals from the judgment entered thereon, alleging certain errors in the reception and exclusion of evidence and in the charge of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBardeen, J.
The only reasons urged why this judgment should not stand are that the court admitted improper testimony and erred in the charge to the jury. The only assignment of error as to the reception of Evidence, worthy of special notice, arises upon this state of facts: A witness, John Flak, was allowed to testify, without objection, that he met with an accident at the place where plaintiff was injured, some little time before plaintiff’s accident. He was then asked this question, “Did you tell anyone about it at Iron River ? ” The objection was made that it was incompetent, irrelevant, and…
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- Adams v. McKayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Thrasher v. PostelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1891
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