Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Russell

The cause of action was submitted to the jury on a special verdict consisting of six questions. In answering these questions, the jury found: (1) That on June 8, 1937, the defendants did not know where the cable was located; (2) that the defendants were in possession of facts from which they should, by using reasonable care, have known about where the cable was located; (3) by a vote of ten to two, that the cable was not broken by the scow with anchors and the tug operated by the defendants on or about June 8, 1937. The answer to question No. 3 made it unnecessary for the jury to answer…