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Gunning v. King

23 N.W.2d 602, 249 Wis. 176
CourtWisconsin Supreme Court
DecidedJune 5, 1946
StatusPublished
Cited by5 cases

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Gunning v. King, 23 N.W.2d 602, 249 Wis. 176 (Wis. 1946).

Opinion

Rosenberry, C. J.

On December 22, 1941, the Bahr Construction Company was engaged in installing a cable beneath the pavement of Washington street near its intersection with Stuart street, in the city of Green Bay. The situation is best disclosed by reference to a map (Exhibit 1), a reduced copy of which is reproduced herewith.

The barricade was near the southwest corner of the intersection.

The only evidence in the case with respect to the happening of the accident is that given by the plaintiff Gunning and a statement made by Eugene King, the driver of the car, which was admitted upon stipulation of the parties. Gunning, a man sixty-one years of age, testified;

“I recall the accident on December 22, 1941. It was around 8 o’clock [p. m.]. The Bahr Construction Company was putting a cable down under the pavement for the telephone company and my duties were to light lanterns and red lights and keep them agoing and take care of them and pick' any materials and tools and put them all in a pile. There was a hole there and there was a barricade of four horses placed around it, one across each end, about seven feet each way and three and one-half feet high. We had six or eight lights on there. Two on each end, hanging on those barricades. There

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