BUNKFELDT v. COUNTRY MUT. INS. CO.


29 Wis.2d 179 (1965)

BUNKFELDT, Respondent, v. COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and others, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Godfrey, Godfrey, Neshek & Conway, attorneys, and Alfred L. Godfrey of counsel, all of Elkhorn, and oral argument by Thomas G. Godfrey.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Morris Karon of Milwaukee.


CURRIE, C. J.

It was conceded at the trial that plaintiff was free of negligence. The sole issue on this appeal is whether the trial court correctly adjudged defendant Durwood Erickson guilty of causal negligence as a matter of law by directing a verdict in plaintiff's favor.

This case is unusual in that defendant Durwood Erickson did not testify and defendants put in no testimony. But plaintiff and the deputy sheriff who investigated the accident testified...

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