Kranz v. Wisconsin Trust Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. TueNeb, Circuit Judge. -On March 19, 1910, Paul Kranz, while an employee in a cooper shop owned and operated by- Fred Ketter, was injured, and later died as a result of such injury. February 20, 1912, this, action was brought by plaintiff, as the ad-ministratrix of the estate of Paul Kranz, deceased, under secs. 4255 and -4256, Stats. 1911, for the benefit of herself as widow.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. TueNeb, Circuit Judge. -On March 19, 1910, Paul Kranz, while an employee in a cooper shop owned and operated by- Fred Ketter, was injured, and later died as a result of such injury. February 20, 1912, this, action was brought by plaintiff, as the ad-ministratrix of the estate of Paul Kranz, deceased, under secs. 4255 and -4256, Stats. 1911, for the benefit of herself as widow. The defendant answered, and afterwards, on March 22, 1912, he died. On December Y, 1912, an application was made by plaintiff to revive the action…
1Opinion of the CourtViNJE, J.
Defendant assigns as error that the- order is improvidently made and that the circuit court had no jurisr diction to make the same. So far as we have been able to discover, there seem to be no indicia of improvidence or abuse of discretion in granting the order if the cause of ae? tion survived the death of the wrongdoer.' Due and proper proceedings were had pursuant to sec. 2803, Stats. 1911, which provides that “In case of the death or other disability of a party, if the cause of action survives or continues, the court, on motion, at any time within one year thereafter or, afterwards, on a…
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