Rasmussen v. Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat & Power Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. Bubxell, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from a judgment rendered upon special verdict in an action for damages for negligent personal injury. The jury after trial brought in a special verdict in which they found: (1) That the plaintiff sustained the injuries complained of by reason of his hands coming in contact with two of defendant’s electric power wires at the time and place alleged in the complaint.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. Bubxell, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from a judgment rendered upon special verdict in an action for damages for negligent personal injury. The jury after trial brought in a special verdict in which they found: (1) That the plaintiff sustained the injuries complained of by reason of his hands coming in contact with two of defendant’s electric power wires at the time and place alleged in the complaint. (2) The defendant’s wires, as then charged, insulated, and placed, were dangerous to a person standing or being on the…
1Opinion of the Court
TimijN, T.
Tbe defendant contends, first, that the evidence of tbe plaintiff and bis fellow-worlanan is so inherently improbable and so contrary to well-known natural laws-that tbe court should have directed a verdict for tbe defendant. This inherent improbability is supposed to be furnished *209by the description, of the defendant’s system.) common knowledge of electric phenomena, the experiments proven and un-contradicted, and the testimony of defendant’s experts. We cannot at present pass upon this question, because we are obliged to reverse this judgment upon other and more obvious grounds.…
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