Karshian v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.

The jury in the special verdict having found that the motorman operating defendant’s car was guilty of a want of ordinary care at and immediately prior to the happening of the injury, and that the failure to so exercise ordinary care was the proximate cause of the injury, and there being ample testimony to support such findings, the same cannot be' disturbed.

We will not decide herein the question raised by the defendant whether the deceased was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. Assuming, however, that the question is one for the jury, we are firmly convinced that there was…