BELL v. GRAY-ROBINSON CONSTRUCTION CO.


265 Wis. 652 (1954)

BELL, Respondent, vs. GRAY-ROBINSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 2, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by McLeod & Donohue, and oral argument by Kenneth McLeod and Raymond R. Colwin, all of Fond du Lac.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Ervin A. Weinke, attorney, and James M. George of counsel, both of Fond du Lac.


FAIRCHILD, C. J.

The controversy here involves the liability of a construction company for damage caused by its agent's acts to valuable property. The property affected consisted of live mink, which were, at the time of the incident in the extremely nervous state peculiar to them at the helping season. At that time, mink, if disturbed by unusual noises, destroy their young, and they themselves, if they survive, either die, or undergo changes in nature which result...

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