Legal Opinion

Jackson v. Town of Bellevieu

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1872PublishedCited by 17 opinions

APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Brown County. Action to recover damages for tbe loss of a borse alleged to bave been caused by reason of defective highway.

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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Brown County. Action to recover damages for tbe loss of a borse alleged to bave been caused by reason of defective highway. Tbe complaint alleged that for more than two months prior to tbe injury to tbe borse in question, a public highway in tbe Town of Béllevieu bad been out of repair, numerous gullies and dangerous boles having been washed out and left unprotected, and without notice to travelers; that by reason of such defective highway and tbe negligence and fault of tbe town of Bellevieu, plaintiff’s borse was precipitated into a gully or bole in said…

1Opinion of the CourtDixoN, C. J.

Counsel for tbe plaintiff object tbat tbe bill of exceptions in this case was not settled until after tbe appeal was perfected and a return made to this court, and hence, tbat there is nothing before this court for review except tbe case as *254presented on the pleadings. The facts appearing from tire record and papers returned, are that tire appeal was perfected on or before tlie 12tli day of March, on which day the clerk of the court below transmitted to this court, with his certificate in due form annexed, the summons, complaint, answer, written instructions of the court, verdict, motion for a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Mead v. WalkerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1866
  2. Best v. YoungWisconsin Supreme Court · 1858
  3. Tollensen v. GundersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1853
  4. Vroman v. DeweyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1867
  5. Shewey v. ManningWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Uncapher v. Baltimore & Ohio Rd. Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Weiss v. HolmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Cook v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Schaeffer v. Jackson TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  5. City of Atlanta v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877

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