Legro v. Carley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Langlade county: Joiiu Goodland, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for the destruction of the plaintiffs barn and harvested crops by fire alleged to have been caused by defendants’ negligence in equipping their threshing engine. The answer denies generally the allegations of the complaint and alleges that the plaintiff’s damage, if any, was caused by the contributory negligence of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Langlade county: Joiiu Goodland, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for the destruction of the plaintiffs barn and harvested crops by fire alleged to have been caused by defendants’ negligence in equipping their threshing engine. The answer denies generally the allegations of the complaint and alleges that the plaintiff’s damage, if any, was caused by the contributory negligence of the plaintiff. The jury returned the following verdict: “(1) Was the fire which burned plaintiff’s barn and other property caused by sparks or…
1Opinion of the CourtKiiRWiN, J.
On September 15, 1911, the defendants began threshing plaintiff’s grain on his premises and shortly thereafter a fire started in the hay in a log barn. The thresh*536ing engine was placed about thirty or forty feet from the barn. The fire destroyed the plaintiff’s property. There is evidence that plaintiff received $448 insurance, which deducted from the value of the property burned left about $1,000 damages sustained, occasioned by. the fire.
There is also evidence tending to show that the spark ar-rester was in the form of a cone made of wire screen with a rim on top set down on the top of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wiger v. CarrWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
- Coman v. WunderlichWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Ferguson v. TruaxWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
- Bonnell v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
- Till v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
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