PALMER v. HENRY DISSTON & SONS, INC.,


261 Wis. 368 (1952)

PALMER, Appellant, vs. HENRY DISSTON & SONS, INC., and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 8, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Eberlein & Eberlein of Shawano, and oral argument by Frederic C. Eberlein.

For the respondents there was a brief by Fisher, Reinholdt & Peickert of Stevens Point, and oral argument by William E. Fisher.


FAIRCHILD, J.

We are convinced that the trial court reached the correct result. If the question presented were other than one of law, a new trial might properly have been granted. However, the plaintiff was injured when a tree, on which he was pushing in an effort to control the direction of its fall, fell and bounced or rolled, and a branch struck his leg; and it appears from the statement of facts that, after the defendant...

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