Block v. Milwaukee Street Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court of Milwaukee county: R. N. AustiN, Judge. This is an action to recover for personal injuries which the plaintiff claims that he received by accidental contact with a telephone wire which had fallen upon the defendant’s trolley wire and so become heavily charged with electricity.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court of Milwaukee county: R. N. AustiN, Judge. This is an action to recover for personal injuries which the plaintiff claims that he received by accidental contact with a telephone wire which had fallen upon the defendant’s trolley wire and so become heavily charged with electricity. The negligence imputed to the defendant is its omission to place guard wires over its trolley wires, so as to prevent the telephone wire from coming in contact with them. The defendant owns and operates an electric railway along Third street in the city of Milwaukee. Third…
1Opinion of the CourtNewMAN, J.
Errors are assigned as follows: (1) In the admission of testimony; (2) in denying defendant’s motion for a nonsuit, and in refusing to grant a new trial; (3) in refusing to submit to the jury questions proposed by the defendant for special verdict; (4) in the charge to the jury.
The errors complained of in the admission of testimony relate to the testimony of physicians relative to the physical and mental condition of the plaintiff a year and a half after the accident. The accident happened in February, 1892. In August, 1893, the plaintiff became the patient of Dr. Becker. The doctor was…
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