Peters v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtFritz, J.
Plaintiff contends that the court erred in directing a verdict for the defendant in this action to recover damages for personal injury sustained by plaintiff on March 9, 1931, upon being struck by one of defendant’s electric streetcars, while he was walking across defendant’s tracks at a street intersection. Viewed most favorably to the plaintiff, the evidence admitted finding the following facts: Plaintiff was struck by a south-bound car while he was walking westward on the north crosswalk. When he was about to step onto that crosswalk, at the east curb of the street, he had observed that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Stafford v. Chippewa Valley Electric RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- Tesch v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- White v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Dahinden v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
- Grimm v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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