Hirschberg v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.

Eschweiler; J.

We think-the circuit court was clearly right in holding that the record discloses such contributory negligence by the plaintiff as must, as a matter of law, prevent her recovery against the defendant notwithstanding the jury’s finding that there was a want of proper lookout by the motorman. The plaintiff and her escort were crossing the street with full knowledge of the unusually limited space within which such a large object as an approaching street car could be expected to be seen, from having just seen the north-bound car passing on out of sight. Clearly such a situation…