John v. Pierce
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Walter Schinz, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was a passenger in the front seat of an automobile driven by defendant William B. Johnson on a highway in Waukesha county August 18, 1918. They were proceeding westerly at about the center of the highway at from fifteen to eighteen miles per hour.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Walter Schinz, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was a passenger in the front seat of an automobile driven by defendant William B. Johnson on a highway in Waukesha county August 18, 1918. They were proceeding westerly at about the center of the highway at from fifteen to eighteen miles per hour. On approaching a bend in the highway the driver, Johnson, saw coming around from the west, at a speed at such time of between twenty-five and thirty' miles per hour, an automobile belonging to the defendant Frederick L. Pierce and being…
1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.
It is undisputed in this case that Mr. Johnson, the driver of the car in which plaintiff was riding at the time of the collision, turned to his left as he saw the Pierce car approaching. In so doing he violated the law of the road as embodied in the statutes, secs. 1636 — 49 and 1636 — 49b, in failing to turn to the right in approaching and passing. Such a violation of the penal statutory provisions regulating the use of highways was' of itself negligence. Steinkrause v. Eckstein, 170 Wis. 487, 175 N. W. 988; Yahnke v. Lange, 168 Wis. 512, 516, 170 N. W. 722, and cases cited therein.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Steinkrause v. EcksteinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1920
- Andrzejewski v. Northwestern Fuel Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
- Puhr v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1920
- Yahnke v. LangeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
- First National Bank v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
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