Slam v. Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Douglas county: FeaNK A. Eoss, Circuit Judge. Tbe action is for personal injuries. Tbe defendants are sued as joint tortfeasors.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Douglas county: FeaNK A. Eoss, Circuit Judge. Tbe action is for personal injuries. Tbe defendants are sued as joint tortfeasors. Tbe Northern Goal & Dock Company, hereinafter called tbe dock company, was a corporation owning and operating a coal dock in Superior, having large coal sheds on tbe water front where coal was received from vessels and loaded by chutes into freight cars, standing on a railway track at tbe rear of tbe sheds. Tbe defendant Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Gompawy, hereinafter called tbe railway company, was a…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNsnow, C. J.
"While this is a case which may fairly be said to approach tbe border line, we think it clearly a case which should go to the jury on all propositions.
Touching the question of tbe alleged negligence of tbe defendants, it is to be observed that this is not a case of an ordinary switching yard where all tbe tracks are used for switching purposes, and where men are not expected to be except for the purpose of assisting in the movement of cars, but a case where a track used for loading purposes and about which men must work in the midst of dust and noise is placed next to a track which is used…
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