Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1910

Blodgett v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.

Blodgett v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court · Decided January 11, 1910 · Marshall
141 Wis. 329; 124 N.W. 246; 1910 Wisc. LEXIS 11

Counsel

Eor the appellant there was a brief hy McCabe & Dahlman, ■ and oral argument by Louis Dahlmcm., Clarke M. Rosecrantz, for the respondent.

Blodgett v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.

Opinion of the Court

Marshall, J.

The only question worthy of mention, for-decision on appeal, is, Did the circuit judge rightly rule that the evidence established, as matter of law, fatal contributory' *332negligence? Tbe foregoing statement leaves very little, if anything, to be said for an opinion in respect thereto. The ■evidence disclosed about as clear a case of contributory negligence as could well be imagined. To submit such a case to a jury, suggesting thereby that there is room within the range of ■common sense for a decision either way, thus inviting what might afterwards appear to be a perverse verdict, would be un-judicial. So the trial court properly took the case from the jury upon the ground of plaintiff’s clearly established inexcusable fault.

By the Qowrt. — Judgment affirmed.

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