ASHLEY v. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INS. CO.


19 Wis.2d 17 (1963)

ASHLEY and wife, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and another, Defendants and Respondents: FEHLANDT and another, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Kivett & Kasdorf, attorneys, and Austin W. Kivett and James G. Forester of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Austin W. Kivett.

For the respondents Ashley there was a brief and oral argument by Philip Weinberg of Milwaukee.

For the respondent James C. Thompson there was a brief by Kluwin, Dunphy, Hankin & Hayes, attorneys, and Stanley Z. Dreyer of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by John A. Kluwin.


GORDON, J.

Mrs. Fehlandt's Lookout.

The most significant issue on this appeal is whether Mrs. Fehlandt was free from negligence as to lookout as a matter of law. In Carstensen v. Faber (1962), 17 Wis.2d 242, 249, 116 N.W.2d 161, we stated that, "When a jury's findings are challenged on appeal, it is the function of this court to sustain them when there is any credible evidence which under any reasonable view...

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