Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin, Volume 104

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Page 468 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the 'court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all.
Page 372 - But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence or an act not amounting to wanton wrong is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances.
Page 533 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings, or proceedings, which shall not affect the substantial rights of the parties ; and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.
Page 383 - ... in case of any fraud or false swearing by the insured touching any matter relating to this insurance or the subject thereof, whether before or after a loss.
Page 58 - That every receiver or manager of any property, appointed by any court of the United States, may be, sued in respect of any act or transaction of his in carrying on the business connected with such property, without the previous leave of the court in-which such receiver or manager was appointed...
Page 55 - The property of no person shall be taken for public use without just compensation therefor.
Page 20 - ... profit, necessary for the location and convenience of the buildings of such association and embracing the same, not exceeding ten acres; and the lands reserved for grounds of a chartered college or university, not exceeding forty acres...
Page xxxviii - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Page 410 - This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment entered upon an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint in an action to...
Page 435 - The hearing which has been had is upon an order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue.

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