Legal Opinion

Wagner v. Racine County

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 5, 1915PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Racine county: E. B. BeldeN, Circuit Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.

Two actions were pending in the circuit court for Bacine County to recover damages for the death of one Wagner, one against the T. L. Smith Company and the other against Bacine County. It is the contention of the plaintiff that the defendants in said actions were joint tort-feasors and that Wagner’s death was proximately caused by the concurring negligence of both defendants. On plaintiff’s motion the two actions were consolidated, and the defendant Bacine County appeals from the order of consolidation.

If the order is appealable it must be because of the provisions contained in sub. (1) of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Winninghoff v. WittigWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Swiggum v. Valley Investment Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Seventeen Seventy-Six Peachtree Corp. v. MillerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1969

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