CORDULA v. DIETRICH


9 Wis.2d 211 (1960)

CORDULA and another, Appellants, v. DIETRICH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Blakely, Long, Grutzner & Jaeckle and J. R. Long, all of Beloit, and oral argument by George K. Blakely.

For the respondent there was a brief by Jeffris, Mouat, Oestreich, Wood & Cunningham, and oral argument by Louis D. Gage, Jr., all of Janesville.


MARTIN, C. J.

Mrs. Cordula was over seventy years old at the time of the accident, June 29, 1957; she resided in the city of Beloit. Defendant George Dietrich was her son-in-law, residing in the town of Beloit, Rock county. On the day in question, plaintiffs having been invited to dinner at the defendant's home, Mrs. Cordula, it is alleged in the complaint, tripped and fell over a garden hose left by defendant across a walk leading to the house.

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