Legal Opinion

Glendenning Motorways, Inc. v. Green Bay & Western Railroad

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 14, 1949PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMartiN, J.

Defendant asserts that under the provisions of sec. 85.92, Stats., it was the duty of plaintiff’s truck driver to stop at the railroad crossing.

Sec. 85.92, Stats., provides:

“Any person operating any motor vehicle described in sections 40.34 and 194.01 who shall operate, run or drive an}’- such vehicle on or across a grade crossing with the main-line tracks of any railroad or interurban railway company, unless such crossing is protected by crossing gates or by flagmen, without coming to a full stop at a distance from such tracks of at least twenty and not more than forty feet, shall be deemed…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Clark v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1934
  2. Zenner v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Jorgenson v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Keegan v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1947
  5. McCaffrey v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1936

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Underwood v. Atlanta & West Point RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
  2. Union Cemetery v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1961
  3. State v. BerresWisconsin Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Lang v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Borden Co. v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1955

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