Muench v. Heinemann
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county; Wabkew D. Takbant,-Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. In August, 1900, and for some time prior thereto, the defendants, as partners, were manufacturers of hats in the city of Milwaukee, and at the time of the accident occupied a four-story building, and had occupied the same for about two weeks.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county; Wabkew D. Takbant,-Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. In August, 1900, and for some time prior thereto, the defendants, as partners, were manufacturers of hats in the city of Milwaukee, and at the time of the accident occupied a four-story building, and had occupied the same for about two weeks. In this building there are two freight elevators, which were moved by hydraulic power, and in each of them the shifting cable passed over a sheave or pulley at the top of the shaft, which sheave…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNsnow, J.
There were two exceptions taken to rulings upon evidence, which will be noticed before proceeding to the main question in the case:. Both the plaintiff and his brother testified to having had Conversations with one of the defendants (Mr. Jenner) after the accident, and that Mr. Jenner stated that plaintiff was struck by the falling pulley or wheel; that it was put up carelessly, and that it was just put up on a two-inch piece of pine wood with a sereAv, and the screw worked through; that *445it ivas negligent on the part of the elevator people to put it up in that way; and that it ought to have…
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