BURKHALTER v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY INS. CO.


268 Wis. 385 (1955)

BURKHALTER, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY and others, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants Hartford Accident & Indemnity Insurance Company and Joseph Rucinski there was a brief and oral argument by M. S. King of Wisconsin Rapids.

For the appellant Minnesota Farmers Mutual Casualty Company there was a brief by Graves & Chambers of Wisconsin Rapids, and oral argument by R. B. Graves.

For the respondent there were briefs by Donovan, Gleiss, Goodman, Breitenfield & Gleiss of Sparta, and oral argument by Victor H. Breitenfield.


MARTIN, J.

The accident happened at about 7:30 a. m. on October 11, 1950, at the intersection of State Highway 21 and U. S. Highway 12, north of Tomah. Plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile driven by Arnold Kuehl in a northerly direction on Highway 12, which is an arterial highway. Joseph Rucinski was driving his automobile in a westerly direction on Highway 21. The view was unobstructed in all directions at this intersection.

Rucinski testified that...

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