Legal Opinion
Flies v. Fox Brothers Buick Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 1928PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed. April 3, 1928:
Owen, J.
Liability of the Fox Brothers Buick Company is predicated upon the fact that after the car had been in a wreck and greatly damaged the Fox Brothers obtained title to it, took it into their garage, and repaired or rebuilt it so as to restore it to a usable condition, and that when they sold the car to Johnson the brakes were inefficient, in which condition the automobile constituted an instrumentality that was imminently dangerous to life- and limb, because of which the Fox Brothers Buick Company became liable to persons sustaining injury…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Thomas v. . WinchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- Devlin v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Wellington v. Downer Kerosene Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Marsh Wood Products Co. v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1932
- Matthews v. Lawnlite CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Johnson v. HeintzWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
- Mull v. Colt Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1962
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