Schwind v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: ObRen T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff was injured by being run down by defendant’s engine at a point south of Reservoir avenue and near Humboldt avenue in the city of Milwaukee. At that place the defendant maintained several substantially parallel tracks for various purposes. The railroad premises were bounded on the north by Reservoir avenue, a narrow unpaved street running east- and west.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: ObRen T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff was injured by being run down by defendant’s engine at a point south of Reservoir avenue and near Humboldt avenue in the city of Milwaukee. At that place the defendant maintained several substantially parallel tracks for various purposes. The railroad premises were bounded on the north by Reservoir avenue, a narrow unpaved street running east- and west. Coming from the north, Bremen street terminated in Reservoir avenue, and some two blocks east Humboldt avenue, a main business…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
Appellant’s first contention is that the locus in ■quo was in fact depot grounds, although he assigns no error either upon the answer to the first question in the special verdict or to the refusal of the court to set it aside. Disregarding such omission, however, there was much evidence introduced with reference to the use which was made of the various tracks as well as of the location of the place of injury with reference to any station, and the jury were aided by a view in passing on accessibility to the public for loading freight. The question whether a given place is or is not de*4pot…
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