O'Shea v. Lavoy
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Mari-nette county: W. B. Quinlan, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff is the father-in-law of the defendant and is about seyenty-two years of age. Both reside at Marinette, Wisconsin. On July 18, 1920, the defendant started in a Chalmers automobile on a trip to Norway, Michigan, for the purpose of bringing home one of his children who had been visiting at that place.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Mari-nette county: W. B. Quinlan, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff is the father-in-law of the defendant and is about seyenty-two years of age. Both reside at Marinette, Wisconsin. On July 18, 1920, the defendant started in a Chalmers automobile on a trip to Norway, Michigan, for the purpose of bringing home one of his children who had been visiting at that place. He took with him his wife, two children, his niece, another lady, and the plaintiff and his wife, whom' he invited to make the trip with him. The car was a 1915 model. Defendant had…
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
The automobile is an instrumentality of recent creation which has rapidly established itself in the desires of the people. No other agency has so effectively appealed to their favor. Nothing contributes so much to the comfort and pleasure, the welfare and happiness of the family. It has given a new idea to distances and materially enlarged the orbit of individual existence. It affords recreation which appeals to every member of the family and pleasures which may be indulged by the family unit. It is a minister of health as well as pleasure. It makes the fresh air of the country available to…
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