Mistele v. Board of Education

The pertinent statute, sec. 101.06, provides:

“. . . Every . . . owner of a . . . public building now or hereafter constructed shall so construct, repair, or maintain such . . . public building ... as to render the same safe.”

It appears from the complaints, affidavits, and testimony taken upon the hearing that on November 29, 1950, plaintiff was injured while, as a frequenter, he was leaving a school building in the city of Baraboo. There is some dispute as to the precise position of plaintiff as he fell when he descended or had descended two steps which lead from the door of the building to a…