Leque v. Madison Gas & Electric Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
f Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. Tbis action was brought to recover damages for the death of plaintiffs intestate occurring from the negligence of defendant.
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f Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. Tbis action was brought to recover damages for the death of plaintiffs intestate occurring from the negligence of defendant. Tbe complaint charges, in effect, that George Leque, plaintiff’s intestate', at and prior to his death, was in the employ of the Wisconsin Telephone Company as a lineman; that said company and defendant, pursuant to ordinances of the city of Madison, had arranged for joint use of poles required in the maintaining of their respective telephone and lighting systems; that…
1Opinion of the CourtBjebwiN, J.
1. The first contention by -appellant is that a verdict for defendant should have been directed. Counsel insists that the deceased was guilty of contributory negligence as matter of law, and therefore the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict and in refusing to change the verdict of the jury on the question of contributory negligence. It is claimed that the deceased must be prestuned to have known and appreciated the ordinary hazards of the business, including those which the exercise of his senses and experience would have disclosed, and that the contact of the span wire with the feed…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth Electric Co. v. RoseIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Bright v. Barnett & Record Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Illingsworth v. Boston Electric Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Ewen v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Potter v. Chicago & North-Western Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1867
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- Hemmingsen v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- Keasler v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1928
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