Coel v. Green Bay Traction Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Brown county: S. D. UastiNGS, .Circuit Judge. Action for personal injuries. The defendant maintained a double track street railway upon Soilth Broadway street in the city of Green Bay, which runs ,north and south, and is intersected by West Mason street, at right angles, the latter running east and west. The intersection of these two streets is in the business portion of the city.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Brown county: S. D. UastiNGS, .Circuit Judge. Action for personal injuries. The defendant maintained a double track street railway upon Soilth Broadway street in the city of Green Bay, which runs ,north and south, and is intersected by West Mason street, at right angles, the latter running east and west. The intersection of these two streets is in the business portion of the city. The south-bound cars run on the west track and the north-bound on the east track. The depot of the Green Bay & Western Eailway and other roads, sometimes called the…
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
The defendant challenges every finding of the jury except the one assessing damages. A brief statement of just how the injury occurred will aid in understanding the scope of such challenge. Plaintiff got off the south-bound car at West Mason street, as he claimed and as the jury found, after it stopped. He then proceeded eastward behind the car, listening for an approaching car from the south on the east track. He heard no sound of gong or bell, so he concluded to go east far enough to look south beyond the car he had just alighted from to see if a north-hound car was coming. When he was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Mauch v. City of HartfordWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
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- Morey v. Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Ryan v. La Crosse City Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
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