Ogodziski v. Gara
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Trem-pealeau county: Hans A. Anderson, Judge. Action to recover damages for an alleged assault growing out of the same acts complained of in the case of the husband, Adam Ogodziski, against the same defendants, decided herewith {ante, p. 371, 181 N. W. 227). In this case the jury returned a verdict assessing plaintiff’s compensatory damages at $4,000 and her punitory damages at $4,000. From a judgment for the above sums and costs…
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Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Trem-pealeau county: Hans A. Anderson, Judge. Action to recover damages for an alleged assault growing out of the same acts complained of in the case of the husband, Adam Ogodziski, against the same defendants, decided herewith {ante, p. 371, 181 N. W. 227). In this case the jury returned a verdict assessing plaintiff’s compensatory damages at $4,000 and her punitory damages at $4,000. From a judgment for the above sums and costs entered in favor of the plaintiff the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
The principal questions raised by the appeal herein are also raised in the case of the husband against the same defendants {ante, p. 371, 181 N. W. 227), and their treatment in that case by the Chief Justice will be considered applicable to this case.
Since the jury in this case found punitory damages it will become necessary to consider defendants’ claim that it was error to receive testimony as to their wealth. We have recently had occasion to hold that in the case of two or more defendants the reception of such testimony is error on the ground that evidence as to the financial ability of…
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