Ritger v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JoeqtsoN, Circuit Judge. Action brought by the plaintiff, the widow of John Rit-ger, deceased, and administratrix of his estate, against the defendants, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received by her husband, John Ritger, on the 6th of July, 1895, caused by the negligence of the defendants, and from the effects of which he died.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JoeqtsoN, Circuit Judge. Action brought by the plaintiff, the widow of John Rit-ger, deceased, and administratrix of his estate, against the defendants, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received by her husband, John Ritger, on the 6th of July, 1895, caused by the negligence of the defendants, and from the effects of which he died. On and prior to the time in question the Milwaukee Street Railway Company, managed by the defendants Henry Q. Payne and George R. Sheldon as receivers, was operating an…
1Opinion of the CourtPinnet, J.
When the plaintiff’s intestate, Eitger, entered Neuman’s private conveyance to ride with him, he made such convejmnce, for the time being, his own, and assumed the risk of the skill and care of Neuman, the person driving it, whom he thereby made his agent for that purpose. The contributory negligence of Neuman, the driver of the private conveyance in which Eitger was voluntarily riding at the time he received the injury which resulted in his death, is imputable to Eitger, so as to prevent a recovery by the plaintiff, as his administratrix, in this action. Prideaux v. Mineral Point, 43 Wis.…
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