MAKOWSKI v. EHLENBACH


11 Wis.2d 38 (1960)

MAKOWSKI, by Guardian and litem, and another, Appellants, v. EHLENBACH and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Glassner, Clancy & Glassner of Milwaukee, and oral argument by William E. Glassner, Jr.

For the respondents Nancy H. Ehlenbach and Milwaukee Automobile Mutual Insurance Company, there was a brief and oral argument by Clayton A. Cramer of Waukesha.

For the respondent Hardware Mutual Casualty Company there was a brief and oral argument by Richard S. Hippenmeyer of Waukesha.


FAIRCHILD, J.

1. Form of order. The order granting a new trial did not state that the damage awards were "excessive." Thus, it did not literally specify the statutory ground upon which it was apparently based. Sec. 270.49 (2), Stats.; Boughton v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. (1959), 7 Wis.2d 618, 620, 97 N.W.2d 401. The only motions by defendants appear to have been based upon a claim that the damages were...

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