JACOBSON v. GREYHOUND CORP.


29 Wis.2d 55 (1965)

JACOBSON, Administrator de bonis non w. w. a., Plaintiff, v. GREYHOUND CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant: KNIGHT and another, Defendants: CLARK COUNTY and another, Interpleaded Defendants and Respondents. ALLEN, Plaintiff, v. SAME, Defendant and Appellant: SAME, Defendants: SAME, Interpleaded Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Herrick & Sigl of Eau Claire, and oral argument by Duane Herrick.

For the respondents there was a brief by Wilcox & Wilcox of Eau Claire, and oral argument by Francis J. Wilcox.


BEILFUSS, J.

Two issues are raised upon this appeal— (1) was it error to exclude the expert testimony, and (2) was it error to grant the motion for a directed verdict?

Greyhound called two county highway commissioners to give expert opinion testimony as to the proper manner of plowing snow and as to whether Lyons, the driver of the Clark county snowplow, operated the vehicle at an excessive speed. The two county highway commissioners were John E. Smith...

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