Gates v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. Action to recover damages on account of the obstruction of a navigable river by the defendant by failing and neglecting to open the draw in a bridge constructed by it over such river. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. Action to recover damages on account of the obstruction of a navigable river by the defendant by failing and neglecting to open the draw in a bridge constructed by it over such river. The facts are stated in the opinion. There was a verdict for the plaintiff assessing Ms damages on account of the loss of time of the tugs and men employed by plaintiff’s assignors, -while delayed by the neglect or refusal of the defendant to open the bridge when the stream at that point was wanted for navigation by such assignors, at the sum of $343.18; and the…
1Opinion of the CourtObton, J.
The plaintiff sued as assignee of the firm of Maxim, LeMay & Crane. The assignment was absolute, in consideration of applying the net proceeds of the claim in suit to the payment of certain claims against the said firm, and paying over the overplus to said firm.
The appellant company constructed a bridge on the line of its road over the Uemadji river, a short distance from its mouth, where it empties into Lake Superior, at Superior city, with a draw in it to admit the passage of boats and vessels and other craft navigating said river. The assignors were engaged during the years 1882 and 1883…
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