Dunham v. Wisconsin Gas & Electric Co.

The defendants first contend that the plaintiff failed to meet the burden of proving negligence on their part, and that the defendants were guilty of no negligence and violated no duty which they owed to’ the plaintiff. These contentions necessitate a recitation of the facts.

On August 17, 1936, the plaintiff, who' at that time was sixty-six years of age and weighed one hundred ninety pounds, was standing on the west crosswalk of Park avenue, a north-and-south street, in the city of Racine. She had stepped from the sidewalk and had taken two or three steps into the street. She intended to…