RUDE v. ALGIERS


11 Wis.2d 471 (1960)

RUDE, Respondent, v. ALGIERS and another, Appellants. McCOURT, Respondent, v. SAME, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 1, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Schnurrer & Skemp of La Crosse, and oral argument by Quincy H. Hale.

For the respondents there was a brief by Petersen, Sutherland, Axley & Brynelson of Madison, for Twila Rude, and Hilbert W. Dahms of Oconomowoc, for Dorothy I. McCourt, and oral argument by Mr. F. A. Brynelson and Mr. Dahms.


CURRIE, J.

The defendants raise the following issues before this court:

(1) Is Algiers entitled to the benefit of the emergency rule as a matter of law, in view of the jury's failure to find that he was negligent with respect to position on the highway, thus requiring that the jury's finding that he was causally negligent with respect to management and control be set aside?

(2) Do certain rulings of the trial...

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