MERKLE v. BEHL


269 Wis. 432 (1955)

MERKLE and wife, Respondents, vs. BEHL and another, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief and oral argument by D. J. Regan of Milwaukee.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by James R. Mattison of Milwaukee.


GEHL, J.

Defendants contend that the court erred in changing the answer to question 4 of the verdict. If it can be determined that the court rightly concluded that Mrs. Merkle was, as a matter of law, guilty of causal negligence with respect to lookout, which was the only element of negligence submitted with respect to her conduct, its action was proper. One of the rules stated in Statz v. Pohl, 266 Wis. 23, 32a, 62 N.W.2d...

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