Goldmann v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: ObEeN T. Williams, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff, according to his own statement, was driving south on Sixth street, in Milwaukee, when he came to State street, on which were double tracks of the defendant’s railway.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: ObEeN T. Williams, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff, according to his own statement, was driving south on Sixth street, in Milwaukee, when he came to State street, on which were double tracks of the defendant’s railway. As be reached a point where he was substantially on the north cross walk, and his horse’s head some fifteen feet north of the north railroad track, he stopped, and looked west, and saw no car; then looked ea_st, and saw one about a block (389 feet) away, coming towards him very slowly. He started his horse at a…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
This case falls so clearly within the principles announced in a long line of decisions, and so completely within the material facts of such cases as Nolan v. M., L. S. & W. R. Co. 91 Wis. 16, 64 N. W. 319; White v. C. & N. W. *170R. Co. 102 Wis. 489, 78 N. W. 585; Koester v. C. & N. W. R. Co. 106 Wis. 460, 82 N. W. 295, and Guhl v. Whitcomb, 109 Wis. 69, 85 N. W. 142 — tliat extended discussion or even reiteration of tire reasons controlling it, cannot be justified. Due care in approaching a railway track can be satisfied only by the full use of the senses of sight and hearing at the last moment…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Stafford v. Chippewa Valley Electric RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- Tesch v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- White v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Guhl v. WhitcombWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- Koester v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
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- Clemons v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Geyer v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1939
- Morice v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
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