Steffen v. McNaughton
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Mpbbal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: Jorrar Goodlabtd, Circuit Judge. On July 3, 1907, Anna Steffen was struck and killed in the city of Appleton by an automobile which was operated by the chauffeur of the defendant. The deceased' came from Lawrence street, running east and west, and was crossing a part of State street, running north and south.
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Mpbbal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: Jorrar Goodlabtd, Circuit Judge. On July 3, 1907, Anna Steffen was struck and killed in the city of Appleton by an automobile which was operated by the chauffeur of the defendant. The deceased' came from Lawrence street, running east and west, and was crossing a part of State street, running north and south. As she approached State street from the west on Lawrence street she signaled a street car coming from the south on State street to stop. The car waited for her, and when she was about midway between the curb and the street…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeokeR, J.
The questions as to the defendant’s liability which arise if it be assumed that the evidence permitted the inferences that the chauffeur’s negligence was the proximate cause of decedent’s injuries, and that she was free from contributory negligence, are these: First, Is an automo*52bile per se a dangerous machine? And, secondly, Was the chauffeur acting within the scope of his employment while driving the car at the time of the accident ?
Upon the first inquiry we discover nothing in the construction, operation, and use of the automobile requiring that it be placed in the category with the…
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