Muehlbauer v. Klokner

Tbis is an action for damages for personal injury. Tbe jury found tbe defendant negligent, acquitted tbe plaintiff of contributory negligence, and awarded $1,350 damages. Tbe trial court changed tbe answer of tbe jury -on tbe question of contributory negligence and ordered judgment dismissing tbe complaint. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff was proceeding easterly on one of tbe streets of Wauwatosa in a light buggy drawn by one horse which was being driven by her eleven-year-old son. Tbe defendant’s servant was driving a heavy horse attached to a heavy wagon in tbe opposite or westerly direction.…