McKeigue v. City of Janesville
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Hoch County. The principal facets are stated in the opinion. The sixth assignment of error there referred to was based upon the ruling of the court below in permitting the plaintiff to prove that' after the death of the mother the younger children were entirely supported by their older brothers and sister.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Hoch County. The principal facets are stated in the opinion. The sixth assignment of error there referred to was based upon the ruling of the court below in permitting the plaintiff to prove that' after the death of the mother the younger children were entirely supported by their older brothers and sister. There was a verdict for the plaihtiif for $1,750. A motion for a new trial was denied, and from the judgment entered on the verdict the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTatloe, J.
This action was brought to recover damages of the appellant for causing the death of Bridget McKeigue by the negligence of the city in not keeping in repair a cross-walk in said city. The claim made by the respondent is that on the 14th day of April, 1888, Bridget McKeigue, *52while crossing one of the public streets in said city on a dark and rainy evening, was violently thrown down by reason of a defect- in. the cross-walk where the walk crossed the gutter; that she was greatly injured by her fall, and that, by reason of such injury, she became sick, and so remained until her death, which…
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