Jochem v. Robinson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: The complaint alleged, in effect, that January 11, 1882, the defendants, as wholesale grocerymen, were occupying Nos. 318, 320, and 322, east side of East Water street, in Milwaukee; that, in carrying on their business on that day, they obstructed the sidewalk by placing across the entire breadth thereof, along in front of their said store, a skid about…
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APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: The complaint alleged, in effect, that January 11, 1882, the defendants, as wholesale grocerymen, were occupying Nos. 318, 320, and 322, east side of East Water street, in Milwaukee; that, in carrying on their business on that day, they obstructed the sidewalk by placing across the entire breadth thereof, along in front of their said store, a skid about eighteen feet in length, consisting of two parallel wooden beams, each about three inches by four inches in thickness,…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The complaint is unnecessarily long, repetitious, argumentative, and inartistic, but such infirmities are not before us on this appeal. The primary object of a public street in a city is for public travel. King v. Russell, 6 East, 430. ‘The same is true of a public sidewalk. Neither may be always wholly restricted to such use. . Business men and their employees must have access to and from .their places of business, and .so must their customers. Dealers, and especially wholesale dealers in the crowded portion of *642a large city, as here, must, moreover, have an opportunity for receiving and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. CunninghamCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Wood v. MearsIndiana Supreme Court · 1859
- Welsh v. . WilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Denby v. WillerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
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- Loberg v. Town of AmherstWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Paulson v. Madison Newspapers, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1957
- Cairncross v. Village of PewaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
- Jochem v. RobinsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
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