Bloor v. Town of Delafield
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wauhesha County. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff, his wife, and property, alleged to have been caused by a defect in a highway in the defendant town.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wauhesha County. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff, his wife, and property, alleged to have been caused by a defect in a highway in the defendant town. The alleged defect was a box for running off mortar, standing on the side of the highway, which frightened the horse of the plaintiff as he was being driven past it in the dusk of the evening, causing him to turn around and upset the buggy to which he was hitched, and in which the plaintiff and his wife were riding, thus causing the injuries complained of. The box was…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
The recovery in this action was confined to the items of loss of services of plaintiff’s wife, and medical attendance upon her, and for damages to the buggy and harness. The plaintiff testified that he received quite severe and lasting injuries by being thrown from his buggy; yet the jury failed to award him any damages therefor, and evidently assessed his damages .at the lowest sum the testimony would justify. We may be permitted to express a double surprise at the developments in this record. We are surprised that the town should appeal from so moderate a judgment, and thus take the risk,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Ward v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
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