Bump v. Voights

The errors assigned by appellant are, the failure to hold Keith Bump guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law; the reception over objections of evidence of transactions with a deceased person through and under whom appellant sustained his liability; the refusal to give instructions requested; and excessive damages.

The respondent’s decedent was riding with friends north on highway 12 from Prairie du Sac to Baraboo June 14, 1931, and the accident occurred about 5:30 p. m. At the time the injury was sustained Bump was attempting to recover a cap which had been blown from the car in…