Willette v. Rhinelander Paper Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Oneida county: A. H. Reid, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for a personal injury. Tbe following is a summary of tbe claimed facts upon wbicb tbe relief was demanded: Plaintiff for some time before be was injured, as hereafter alleged, was employed by defendant as oiler.' One machine be attended was a large electrically operated pump.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Oneida county: A. H. Reid, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for a personal injury. Tbe following is a summary of tbe claimed facts upon wbicb tbe relief was demanded: Plaintiff for some time before be was injured, as hereafter alleged, was employed by defendant as oiler.' One machine be attended was a large electrically operated pump. There were two horizontal shafts in an iron frame resting on an iron base, tbe top of wbicb base was about eight inches from tbe floor. Tbe distance between tbe inner side of tbe journal boxes of tbe shafts…
1Opinion of the CourtMabshalx, J.
Did the trial court err in awarding judgment to tbe defendant? That is tbe main question though some minor propositions are' involved. To properly consider tbe major matter tbe purpose of sec. 1636/, Stats. (1898), as settled by judicial construction, must be appreciated. There is little room for want of such appreciation in view of tbe numerous instances in recent years where tbe court has dealt with tbe matter. In tbe aggregate almost every conceivable phase of tbe subject has been judicially treated and some of them over and over again, yet tbe record here shows there is some…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Baxter v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Atkinson v. Goodrich Transportation Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Guinard v. Knapp-Stout & Co. Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Curry v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Quackenbush v. Wisconsin & Minnesota RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
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