Legal Opinion

Johnson v. City of Eau Claire

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1912PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeals from orders of tbe circuit court for Eau Claire county: James Wickham, Circuit Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtTimliN, J.

Tbe plaintiff as administrator of Orlow Johnson, deceased, sets forth a first cause of action by which' he sought to recover from the city for personal injuries to his-*196decedent resulting in death and caused by an alleged defect in a bridge in the public highway. In a second cause of action for the same death he sought to recover under the familiar “death act/’ being sec. 4255, Stats. (1898). This count set forth that the deceased left surviving him his father and mother, also brothers and sisters. A demurrer to the first cause of action was overruled and a demurrer to the second cause of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Brown v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Stilling v. Town of ThorpWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  3. McMillan v. Spider Lake Saw Mill & Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Kleiner v. City of MadisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Quinn v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1910

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Hindmarsh v. Sulpho Saline Bath Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Batts v. City of NashvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1938
  3. Prunty v. SchwantesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
  4. McCormick v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Moyer v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913

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