Evans v. City of Sheboygan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Sheboygan •county: Michael KjbwaN, Circuit Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
This is an appeal from an order overruling a ¡general demurrer to a complaint in an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained through the negligence of a bridge tender employed by the defendant to operate a drawbridge over a navigable stream. The plaintiff was riding a bicycle over the draw of the bridge when he was injured. No notice of injury such as is required by see. 1339, Stats., was served, and the only question involved is whether the plaintiff has a common-law right of action.
The question is as close as it is narrow. If as to travelers *288over tbe bridge tbe…
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