Louis F. Fromer & Co. v. Stanley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig-, Judge. It appears from the record that, during the times mentioned, the plaintiff was a manufacturer and wholesale dealer in cigars, in tbe city of New York; that, during the same times, one John A. Stapleton was a retail dealer in cigars in the city of Milwaukee; that between November 15, 1894, and March 21, 1895, the plaintiff had sold and delivered to Stapleton a large quantity of cigars of…
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig-, Judge. It appears from the record that, during the times mentioned, the plaintiff was a manufacturer and wholesale dealer in cigars, in tbe city of New York; that, during the same times, one John A. Stapleton was a retail dealer in cigars in the city of Milwaukee; that between November 15, 1894, and March 21, 1895, the plaintiff had sold and delivered to Stapleton a large quantity of cigars of different varieties, and for which the plaintiff had taken Stapleton’s notes; that March 25,1895, one Evans recovered two…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, C. J.
1. The submission to the jury’of thirty-eight questions in the form of a special verdict, to determine the simple issues here involved, necessarily tended to confuse and mislead the jury, and hence is open to the criticism which this court has frequently made in similar cases. Eberhardt v. Sanger, 51 Wis. 74, 76, and numerous cases, there cited; Heddles v. C. & N. W. R. Co. 74 Wis. 257, 258; Montreal River L. Co. v. Mihills, 80 Wis. 551-555; Ohlweiler v. Lohmann, 88 Wis. 78. No additional force can be given to such criticism by repetition. Such criticism is not obviated by the fact that the…
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