Court Opinion

ID: 9858144
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 16:16:48.385621+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:53:22.467138
License: Public Domain

Hallows, J.
(concurring). The majority opinion seemingly restricts the character of an airplane as not being a motor vehicle only while “in flight” and to imply it might be considered a motor vehicle under other circumstances. I do not think an airplane is a motor vehicle within the meaning of sec. 260.11 (1), Stats., whether it is in flight, taxiing on the *410ground for a takeoff or for a landing, when making an emergency landing on a public highway, or otherwise. When used as an airplane, whether on the ground or in the air, it is not a motor vehicle; and I cannot imagine an airplane being either designed or used as a motor vehicle on land.