Howe v. Corey
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: W. R. Foley, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been inflicted through negligence of the defendant in driving an automobile .in which plaintiff was riding.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: W. R. Foley, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been inflicted through negligence of the defendant in driving an automobile .in which plaintiff was riding. Plaintiff was injured on December 5, 1917, at about 8 p. m., in a collision between an automobile owned and driven by defendant', in which plaintiff was riding as an invited guest, and' a train of cars extending across Belknap street in the city of Superior. Belknap street is a straight street extending in an…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, C. J.
The question of the liability of a gratuitous carrier to his invited guest is presented and fully discussed in briefs of counsel. It appears that there is *539some diversity of opinion expressed in the adjudications on this subject in other jurisdictions and that the question has not heretofore been considered by this court. In the view we take of this case a decision of this question is not necessary for a complete determination of the legal rights of the parties, and- we therefore choose not to pass opinion on this question in disposing of the case. We are of the opinion that the record clearly…
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