Krause v. City of Merrill
Krause v. City of Merrill
Opinion of the Court
The facts in this case are practically undisputed, and substantially as mentioned in the foregoing statement. In granting a nonsuit, the trial court assumed that the evidence was sufficient to take the case to the jury on the question as to whether the traveled track west and north of Division street was a public highway, and, if so, whether it was defective. The nonsuit was granted on the ground that after driving about twelve feet north of the southwest corner of the shed the deceased, as indicated in the statement of facts, voluntarily turned his team, which was going directly north, around to the west, and then drove the same directly west, over and down the embankment, to the bottom, near to the spur track; and then, instead of attempting to extricate himself from danger, he drove in a southeasterly direction, and parallel to the spur track, with the off wheels at the bottom of the embankment and the near wheels so elevated that, after driving a few feet, the wagon tipped over toward the spur track, and caught him under the box in such a way that he expired before morning. The evidence is uncontradicted
By the Court. — The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.
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- Full Case Name
- Krause, Administratrix v. City of Merrill
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