Krom v. Antigo Gas Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from orders of the circuit court for Langlade county: John Goodland, Circuit' Judge. This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from orders sustaining the separate demurrers of the two defendants to the complaint.
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Appeal from orders of the circuit court for Langlade county: John Goodland, Circuit' Judge. This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from orders sustaining the separate demurrers of the two defendants to the complaint. The essential facts stated in the complaint1 are these: On and prior to December 14, 1910, the plaintiffs Krom and Wolpert conducted a large general;* store in Antigo, and the 'other plaintiffs were insurance-companies carrying insurance on The goods in said store in various amounts aggregating $40,500. The defendant gas* company was a corporation manufacturing and selling…
1Opinion of the Court
*532Tbe following opinion was filed February 18, 1913:
WiNSLow, O. J.
It is very certain that the complaint states a good common-law cause of action for negligence against the gas company, and the only question which we find it necessary to consider upon this appeal is the question whether a cause of action is stated against the water company.
In the case of Britton v. Green Bay & Ft. H. W. W. Co. 81 Wis. 48, 51 N. W. 84, this court held, after full argument and mature consideration, that at common law there was no liability on the part of a water company in such a case. It was recognized in that…
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