Walker v. Village of Ontario
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Vernon county: J. J. Feuit, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by tbe plaintiff while crossing a small wooden bridge in the defendant town with a traction engine on the forenoon of August 26, 1899. The bridge in question was twenty feet in length from one abutment to the other, and was constructed on wooden stringers, eight inches square and twenty-four feet in length, on each side,…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Vernon county: J. J. Feuit, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by tbe plaintiff while crossing a small wooden bridge in the defendant town with a traction engine on the forenoon of August 26, 1899. The bridge in question was twenty feet in length from one abutment to the other, and was constructed on wooden stringers, eight inches square and twenty-four feet in length, on each side, which reached two feet over the abutment at each end, and were supported by “A”' braces, made of timber of the same size…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The first contention made by the appellant is that the answers to the second and 'third questions of the special verdict are unsupported by the evidence. We do not deem it necessary, or even profitable, to review the evidence upon these questions in this opinion. We have carefully examined it, and content ourselves with the general statement that in our opinion the evidence was entirely sufficient to support the findings of the jury.
Passing to the legal questions raised, we find the claim made that the court erred in his charge to the jury in submitting the third question. The court first…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stewart v. EvertsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Walker v. Village of OntarioWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- Viellesse v. City of Green BayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
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