Higgins v. Minaghan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sheboygcm County. Action to recover damages for the shooting of the plaintiff in the leg.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sheboygcm County. Action to recover damages for the shooting of the plaintiff in the leg. The circumstances of the shooting will sufficiently appear from the report of a former appeal in 76 Wis. 298. The defendant appeals from the judgment entered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. as to the difference, in respect to the law of self-defense, between an assault by a single individual and one by a mob of rioters, cited Higgins <0. Minaghan, 76 Wis. 298; Pond <0. People, 8 Mich. 150, 178; 1 Whart. Crim. Law, sec. 499; 2 id. sec. 1555; Whart. Crim. PL &…
1Opinion of the Court
Cons, O. J.
We have had occasion heretofore to consider the transactions which gave rise to this action. Higgins v. Minaghan, 76 Wis. 298; Minaghan v. State, 77 Wis. 643. It is a matter of regret that the cause was not fairly tried at the last time, so as to stop this expensive litigation, which is ruinous to both parties, however it might finally result. But we think such error intervened on the trial that there must be a reversal of the judgment.
The first error assigned which we shall notice was the manner of selecting the jury. On the voir dAre the plaintiff’s counsel was permitted to ask,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. NoelkeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1880
- Parker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1866
- United States v. HanwayU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1851
- Higgins v. MinaghanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1847
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. ParkerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
- State v. CouchNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1946
- State v. PorterMontana Supreme Court · 1964
- Gilmore v. FullerIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- City of Cherryvale v. HawmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1909
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