Lee v. Milwaukee Gas Light Co.

The defendant argues the court erred in not granting an involuntary nonsuit against the plaintiff, in not directing a verdict, and in not changing the answers of the verdict and dismissing the complaint. All three assignments rest on the same proposition that there was no direct evidence of negligence or causation and the jury could only speculate.

Basically, the defendant’s position challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. The motion for involuntary nonsuit is equivalent to a demurrer to the evidence. Bartz v. Braun (1961), 14 Wis. (2d) 425, 111 N. W. (2d) 431; France v. Sullivan (1937),…