UNITED FIRE & C. CO. v. PALMER-RITCHIE POST

No. 146.

61 Wis.2d 104 (1973)

211 N.W.2d 624

UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. PALMER-RITCHIE POST NO. 153, of the American Legion Department of Wisconsin, and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Frank M. Coyne of Madison.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Chambers, Nash, Pierce & Podvin, attorneys for respondent Lions Club of Pittsville, Wisconsin, and Crowns, Merklein, Midthun & Hill, attorneys for respondent Palmer-Ritchie Post No. 153, of the American Legion Department of Wisconsin, and William A. Metcalf of counsel, all of Wisconsin Rapids.


ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

Everybody loves parade, and especially the folks around Pittsville, Wisconsin. Five to ten thousand persons turned out for the annual Fourth of July street parade and park celebration. The unfortunate incident that marred the event in 1968 was the breaking away of the mare, Dusty, from her rider, Larraine, fifteen minutes after the horse had finished its parading and after it had been tethered to a tree. When a horse with whom it had paraded was...

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