Legal Opinion

Swanson v. Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Co.

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided February 4, 1930PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The following opinion was filed December 3, 1929:

Rosenbekry, C. J.

In the view which we take of this case it is not necessary for us to consider all of the questions raised by counsel. If it appears as a matter of law that the failure of plaintiff to exercise ordinary care in accordance with the finding of the jury was more than a slight want of ordinary care, the judgment cannot stand and other questions become immaterial.

At the close of the case and-upon motions to direct the verdict, the trial court, although he permitted the verdict to stand, was in great doubt upon the question of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. Roth v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Dax v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1925

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Finkelstein v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Wheeler Transfer & Storage Co. v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Wieden v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
  4. Koscielski v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1931

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