ATKINSON v. HUBER


268 Wis. 615 (1955)

ATKINSON and wife, Respondents, vs. HUBER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Darrell MacIntyre, attorney, and R. R. Roggensack of counsel, both of Madison, and oral argument by Mr. MacIntyre.

For the respondents there was a brief by Walker & Taylor of Portage, and oral argument by Dorothy Walker.


GEHL, J.

Defendant contends (1) that the jury was given an erroneous instruction; (2) that the court erred in refusing to strike certain testimony from the record; and (3) that the award of $25,000 to the husband for loss of services, society, and assistance, is so excessive as to disclose perversity which requires a new trial.

Defendant was driving south and Mrs. Atkinson north on Highway 22 in Columbia county. The...

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