Stacy v. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. This action was brought by the plaintiffs to recover against the defendant railway company the damages alleged to have been sustained by them May 13,1887, by the destruction by fire of their lumber mill, piles of lumber, staves, and other personal property in and about the same, which was communicated thereto by and through the negligence of the defendant in and about the use and management of its locomotive engine and cars…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. This action was brought by the plaintiffs to recover against the defendant railway company the damages alleged to have been sustained by them May 13,1887, by the destruction by fire of their lumber mill, piles of lumber, staves, and other personal property in and about the same, which was communicated thereto by and through the negligence of the defendant in and about the use and management of its locomotive engine and cars in and upon a certain side tract upon which said mill and property was situated, in Birnamwood, a lumbering town in…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed March 21, 1893:
PiNNEY, J.
1. The complaint in this case limits the charge of negligence against the defendant to what transpired *234while its train on the day in question was on the west side track, and hence the question whether train No. 12, engine No. 88, was in on that side track on that day was closely contested in a trial lasting over two weeks. The jury found that this train and engine went upon the west side track on that day “ as far north as the plaintiffs’ tramway leading east from the mill, or thereabouts,” which was beyond the point where the fire…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Spaulding v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- Valin v. Milwaukee & Northern RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Brusberg v. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Kurz & Huttenlocher Ice Co. v. Milwaukee & Northern RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
- Doherty v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
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- Vorbrich v. Geuder & Paeschke Manufacturing Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Peter v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1899
- Great Northern Ry. Co. v. CoatsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
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