HANLON v. ST. FRANCIS SEMINARY


264 Wis. 603 (1953)

HANLON and another, Respondents, vs. ST. FRANCIS SEMINARY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 6, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Lines, Spooner & Quarles, attorneys, and Charles B. Quarles of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Charles B. Quarles.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Arlo McKinnon and Robert P. Russell, both of Milwaukee.


BROADFOOT, J.

If the judgment is to be affirmed it must appear that there has been a violation of the so-called safeplace statute. Sec. 101.06, Stats., provides:

". . . Every employer and every owner of a place of employment or a public building now or hereafter constructed shall so construct, repair, or maintain such place of employment or public building, . . . as to render the same safe."

A public building is defined as "any structure used in whole...

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