Adams v. Menasha Paper Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rusk county: James Wiceham, Circuit Judge. They cited, among other cases, Mickuczaushi v. Relmholz M. Co. 148 Wis. 153, 134 N. W. 369; Kaczmarelc v. Geuder, P. & F. Co. 148 Wis. 46, 134 N. W. 348; Puggs v. Pock Go. 8. Go. 143 Wis. 462, 128 N. W. 100; Berger v. Abel & B. Go. 141 Wis. 321, 124 N. W. 410; Fleming v. Northern T. P. Mill, 135 Wis. 157, 114 N. W. 841; Gelo v. Pfister & V. L. Go. 132 Wis. 575, 113 N. W. 69; Montanye…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rusk county: James Wiceham, Circuit Judge. They cited, among other cases, Mickuczaushi v. Relmholz M. Co. 148 Wis. 153, 134 N. W. 369; Kaczmarelc v. Geuder, P. & F. Co. 148 Wis. 46, 134 N. W. 348; Puggs v. Pock Go. 8. Go. 143 Wis. 462, 128 N. W. 100; Berger v. Abel & B. Go. 141 Wis. 321, 124 N. W. 410; Fleming v. Northern T. P. Mill, 135 Wis. 157, 114 N. W. 841; Gelo v. Pfister & V. L. Go. 132 Wis. 575, 113 N. W. 69; Montanye v. Northern B. Mfg. Go. 127 Wis. 22, 105 N. W. 1043.
1Opinion of the CourtTimliN, J.
This cause was tried before the court and a jury and a special verdict returned finding that the machine in question was in a defective condition, and the arm thereof, because of such defective condition, without a movement of the controlling lever and of its own weight fell upon the arm of the plaintiff and caused his injury; that this defective condition of the machine was occasioned by want of ordinary care on the part of"the defendant; and that this want of ordinary care was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injury. Another section of the special verdict found the sprocket wheel…
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- Johnson v. Berwind Fuel Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
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