Wilber v. Follansbee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JoimsoN, Circuit Judge. The defendant is the owner of a block of tenements in the city of Milwaukee. It was occupied by a considerable number of tenants. The plaintiff bad rented and occupied a flat on the second floor, which she used both for a residence and a place of business. A stairway which opened from the-street extended úp through the building to the third and fourth floors.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JoimsoN, Circuit Judge. The defendant is the owner of a block of tenements in the city of Milwaukee. It was occupied by a considerable number of tenants. The plaintiff bad rented and occupied a flat on the second floor, which she used both for a residence and a place of business. A stairway which opened from the-street extended úp through the building to the third and fourth floors. This was used in common by all the tenants of the building, as occasion required. There was also a “ back stairs ” opening upon an alley,…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed October 22, 1897:
Newman, J.
The appellant assigns errors as follows: (1) .The rejection of her offer to prove that the work of improvement and repairs was being done by an independent *581contractor. (2) The refusing to admit in evidence the contract under which the work was being done. (3) The admission of testimony to show the condition of plaintiff's health before and after the accident, without showing any causal relation between the accident and her alleged altered condition of health. (4) The giving of several instructions excepted to. (5) [Refusing to submit…
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