Butts v. Ward
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The defendants Kroger Grocery & Baking Company and Bunders assign as error the refusal of the court to direct a verdict and award judgment in their favor on the grounds that, (1) Ward was negligent as matter of *391law; and (2) that his negligence was a superseding or intervening cause that rendered Bunders’ leaving the truck on the highway not a proximate cause of the injuries sustained by the parties; and that if not entitled to1 a directed verdict they are entitled to a new trial because the court, (3) refused to submit to the jury questions requested by them; (4) they were denied a fair trial…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Osborne v. MontgomeryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1930
- Kline v. Moyer and AlbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Lauson v. Town of Fond du LacWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Kellogg v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
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- Hillyard v. Utah By-Products Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1953
- Mitchell v. BranchHawaii Supreme Court · 1961
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