Jacob v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: Johw Goodlawd, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff.brings this action to recover damages for the-death of her son, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: Johw Goodlawd, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff.brings this action to recover damages for the-death of her son, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The complaint alleges that the deceased was invited to ride upon defendant’s freight train and took a position between two freight cars, ignorant of the dangers, and that the train was run at an unlawful rate of speed over a defective track and deceased was thrown off and killed. The answer sets up that deceased was' a trespasser and was-injured while trying…
1Opinion of the CourtKebwiw, J.
The deceased was sixteen years of age, worked for the Standard Manufacturing Company in the eastern part of the city of Appleton, Wisconsin, and lived in the western part. Defendant’s road ran to the place where deceased worked, and from there in a -westerly direction to a point within a few blocks of where deceased lived. The train in question consisted of an engine and two box cars and was-being operated upon a side of switch track. The switchman,. *351Mike Grow, was in charge of the switch engine and two cars in question. Plaintiff offered evidence tending to show that Crow invited the…
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