Mauch v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

At about 10:30 a. m., on February 4, 1933, the respondent, hereinafter referred to as the “plaintiff,” was in the safety zone lying south of West Wisconsin avenue and immediately east of the northbound streetcar tracks on North Plankinton avenue in the city of Milwaukee, opposite the west entrance to the Gimbels Department Store. This safety zone was about thirty feet long and three feet wide. The distance between the east line of the safety zone and the east curb was six to eight feet. The defendant’s truck and another motor vehicle, a short distance ahead, were proceeding in a northerly…