Fick v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Monroe County. Action to recover damages for injuries occasioned by an assault upon the plaintiff by one of the defendant’s employees.
Read the full summary
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Monroe County. Action to recover damages for injuries occasioned by an assault upon the plaintiff by one of the defendant’s employees. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff applied at the station at Wilton for a ticket to Norwalk, and handed to the person in the ticket office fifty cents to take therefrom the price of the ticket, which was twenty cents; that such •'person handed to him the proper ticket, but only returned ten cents in change; that the plaintiff having called attention to the mistake, the said agent or employee refused to return the…
1Opinion of the CourtColts, C. J.
The plaintiff had purchased a ticket at the ..ticket office at "Wilton for his transportation to Eorwalk, so the relation of carrier and passenger existed at the time of the assault. It is needless to say that the company and its agents owed him fair and proper treatment while this relation existed. The jury found that one Fred E. Davis was the station agent at Wilton when the ticket was purchased; that Edward W. Davis-was employed at Wilton to carry the mail from the trains to the post office, and was employed in no other capacity; that at the time in question the plaintiff purchased of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hogan v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
- Peterson v. BakerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
3Cited by14 opinions
- Davis v. MerrillSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Firemen's Fund Insurance v. SchreiberWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- Bergman v. HendricksonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. RadfordSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Fishbaugh v. SpunaugleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.