Kausch v. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from' a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county. A. H. Reid, Judge. This, action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while he was attempting to board one of defendant’s street cars in the city of Milwaukee. It was commenced in the civil court of Milwaukee county against the defendant railway company.
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Appeal from' a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county. A. H. Reid, Judge. This, action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while he was attempting to board one of defendant’s street cars in the city of Milwaukee. It was commenced in the civil court of Milwaukee county against the defendant railway company. Upon motion of the defendant railway company the Robert A. Johnson Company was made a party defendant, and plaintiff’s complaint set forth a cause of action against both companies. Judgment was rendered in the civil court against the…
1Opinion of the CourtOweN, J.
Before the introduction of any evidence defendant’s counsel called the court’s attention to the fact that, upon motion of appellant, the Robert A. Johnson Company had been brought in and made a party defendant in the civil court, and asked for a ruling as to whether that company was still a party to the action. While the written judgment made no disposition of the.case as to that company, it appeared that the special verdict submitted to the jury at the trial in the civil court contained three questions affecting its liability, all of which were answered against the plaintiff. The attorney…
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