Rowlands v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Wauke-sha county: MaetiN L. Luecic, Circuit Judge. On tbe morning of February 25, 1910, plaintiff was in tbe employ of tbe defendant company as a fireman on a locomotive hauling a combination passenger, baggage, express, and mail train from tbe city of Chicago to tbe city of Milwaukee. Tbe train was a fast train and made but a few stops between tbe two stations above named.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Wauke-sha county: MaetiN L. Luecic, Circuit Judge. On tbe morning of February 25, 1910, plaintiff was in tbe employ of tbe defendant company as a fireman on a locomotive hauling a combination passenger, baggage, express, and mail train from tbe city of Chicago to tbe city of Milwaukee. Tbe train was a fast train and made but a few stops between tbe two stations above named. At Zion City, Illinois, mail was taken aboard while tbe train was traveling at a high rate of speed. Eor this purpose there was constructed at tbe westerly side of tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtBarNes, J.
The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was a resident of Wisconsin; that on February 25, 1910, he was in the employ of the defendant on a passenger engine owned by it and “used and operated over and upon the lines of said defendant company at and between the city of Chicago, in the state of Illinois, and the city of Milwaukee, in the state of Wisconsin,” and further, “that on the morning of the 25th day of February, 1910, the plaintiff was employed by and working for said defendant company in the capacity of a fireman of an engine which was then and there being used to haul a combined…
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- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- State v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- Creteau v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
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