Anderson v. Sparks
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Columbia county: Chesteb A. Eowlee, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages occasioned by a collision between the plaintiffs horse and wagon and the defendant’s automobile.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Columbia county: Chesteb A. Eowlee, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages occasioned by a collision between the plaintiffs horse and wagon and the defendant’s automobile. The complaint alleges that on the 15th day of October, 1908, at about 1 o’clock p. m., the-plaintiff was traveling in a wagon drawn by one gentle horse,, the property of plaintiff, along a public highway known as the Columbus road, in the town of Lodi, Columbia county, Wisconsin, which highway is used by the general public for travel, and that at the time in…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.
It is urged by counsel for appellant that tbe court erred in refusing to change tbe answers in tbe special verdict on tbe ground that such answers of tbe jbry are not supported by tbe evidence. We cannot agree with counsel in tbis contention, but, on tbe contrary, think the questions submitted upon tbe evidence were fairly -jury questions. Tbe Columbus road, upon wbicb tbe. accident occurred, extends in an easterly direction from the village of Lodi and is a much traveled public highway. Tbe point of accident was about 250 feet east of tbe village limits, and tbe traveled portion at tbis…
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