Pautz v. Plankinton Packing Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeai, from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: OkREN T. Willtaks, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for personal injuries. Plaintiff was injured while in the' employ of the defendant in its packing bouse in the city of Milwaukee, in what is known as the beef department, and while engaged in slaughtering beef.
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Appeai, from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: OkREN T. Willtaks, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for personal injuries. Plaintiff was injured while in the' employ of the defendant in its packing bouse in the city of Milwaukee, in what is known as the beef department, and while engaged in slaughtering beef. The negligence charged is defect in a large iron wheel 'and also defect in a -wooden wheel used in connection with the iron wheel in hoisting beef, in which business plaintiff was engaged. The case was three times tried at circuit upon the same complaint. On the first…
1Opinion of the CourtEjgbwiN, J.
Tbe complaint, wbicb was tbe same on each-trial, contained tbe following allegations:
“That said wooden wheel on said last-named date, and for a long time prior thereto, was also defective in that a large piece thereof was broken therefrom, and in that tbe outer surface of tbe circumference was uneven and worn so that in its operation, and especially when in contact with said iron wheel' aforesaid producing tbe friction necessary for tbe operation of said apparatus, it operated in an uneven and jarring manner j and that such defects in said wooden and iron wheels when such wheels were in…
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