Higgins v. Minaghan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lao County. The facts are stated in the opinion. The defendant appeals from the judgment entered on the verdict. cited, besides eases cited in the opinion, 2 Greenl. Evi. sec. 65; 3 id. sec. 95; Brown v. Gordon., 1 Grajr, 182; R. S. sec. 4511; State v. Snow, 18 Me. 346; State v. Dean, 71 Wis. 678; State v. Brown, 35 Am.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lao County. The facts are stated in the opinion. The defendant appeals from the judgment entered on the verdict. cited, besides eases cited in the opinion, 2 Greenl. Evi. sec. 65; 3 id. sec. 95; Brown v. Gordon., 1 Grajr, 182; R. S. sec. 4511; State v. Snow, 18 Me. 346; State v. Dean, 71 Wis. 678; State v. Brown, 35 Am. Rep. 210; Comm. v. Runnels, 10 Mass. 518; Comm. v. Porter, 1 Gray, 480; Comm. v. Berry, 5 id. 94; Comm. v. Qibney, 2 Allen, 150; Whart. Cr. Law & Pr. sec. 16; Desty’s Cr. Law, secs. 98e, 125d; 2 Whart. Cr. Law, sec. 1547; 1 id. secs.…
1Opinion of the CourtOeton, J.
This action is brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the loss of service of his son John Higgins, about nineteen years of age, and for expenses of medical attendance upon him, occasioned by the wounding of said John in one of his legs by a ball shot from a gun held and discharged intentionally and maliciously by the said defendant, on the night of the 25th day of June, 1887. *299The plaintiff obtained a verdict of $300. The defendant made a motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial on the minutes of the-court, which was denied.
At the close of the arguments of counsel, the…
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- Pond v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1860
- Patten v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1869
- Kellogg v. NelsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1856
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- Bowe v. RogersWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
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