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WILLIAMS v. INTERNATIONAL OIL CO.

267 Wis. 227 (1954)

WILLIAMS, Appellant, vs. INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 8, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Randall & Scott and L. William Connolly, Jr., attorneys, and Quarles, Spence & Quarles and Reuben W. Peterson, Jr., of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Connolly and Mr. Peterson.

For the respondent there was a brief by Bendinger, Hayes & Kluwin, attorneys, and Donald J. Tikalsky of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by John A. Kluwin.

BROADFOOT, J.

The plaintiff contends that the defendant violated the provisions of sec. 101.06, Stats., known as the "safe-place statute." The defendant, on the other hand, contends that the light pole was not a place of employment within the meaning of that statute. It cites several cases in which recovery was sought from municipalities or eleemosynary institutions which, of course, have no application here.

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