Gerrard v. La Crosse City Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for La Crosse •county: J. J. Eeuit, Circuit Judge. Tbis is an action to recover for personal injuries.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for La Crosse •county: J. J. Eeuit, Circuit Judge. Tbis is an action to recover for personal injuries. Tbe facts were substantially as follows: Tbe defendant is a street railway company operating its tracks in tbe city of La Crosse. •One section of tbe ordinance giving tbe company tbe right to -operate its railroad provided tbat tbe railway company should not allow snow or ice to accumulate on its tracks in a quantity -sufficient to obstruct or binder tbe passage of carriages or ■sleighs, and should not deposit the same on any portion of ■.any…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNSlow, J.
Tbe case was submitted to the jury upon a-special verdict, and tbe court gave tbe jury, against proper exceptions, instructions which plainly told them the legal effect of their answer upon the question of contributory negligence. For this reason there must be a reversal of tbe judgment, irrespective of any other question. Musbach v. Wis. C. Co. 108 Wis. 57.
Although there must be a new tidal for tbe reason given,, we deem it proper to consider, tbe two main questions presented by tbe record, as they will doubtless arise again upon tbe second trial: These questions are (1) whether there was…
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