Cunnien v. Superior Iron Works Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for tlouglas county: W. R. Foley, Circuit Judge. The' appeal is from a judgment in favor, of the plaintiff and against the defendants, and cross-appeal by the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for tlouglas county: W. R. Foley, Circuit Judge. The' appeal is from a judgment in favor, of the plaintiff and against the defendants, and cross-appeal by the plaintiff. Ogden avenue is a paved street in the city of Superior extending north and south, and at the point of the accident is forty feet wide from curb to curb, and is intersected by Belknap street at right angles, there being on said last named street a line of street cars. The plaintiff at the time of the trial in September, 1920, was twenty-two years of age, and had been a railroad…
1Opinion of the CourtDoerfler, J.
Did the evidence warrant submission of the question involving defendants’ negligence to the jury?
The accident happened at about noontime on a clear day in the month of July. The defendant Hayes, with his automobile, was coming along the west side of Og'den avenue, and from the time that he approached the dray up to the time of the happening of the accident the dray and the occupants thereof were fully within his view. The machine was driven at a rate of speed between seven and eight miles per hour, and, assuming that the appliances on the machine were in proper order, the machine was at all…
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