Bishop v. Belle City Street Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Racine county: FeaNK M. Fish, Circuit Judge. This action is to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, Edward Birch, which was caused November 4, 1893, by a collision with one of the defendant’s moving cars.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Racine county: FeaNK M. Fish, Circuit Judge. This action is to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, Edward Birch, which was caused November 4, 1893, by a collision with one of the defendant’s moving cars. The answer consists of admissions and denials, and alleges that the intestate’s death was the result of the negligence and want of care of the deceased in the management and control of the horse he was driving at the time. At the close of the trial the jury returned a special verdict to the effect (1, 2) that the motorman…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, C. J.
The undisputed evidence and the facts as claimed by the plaintiff are to the effect that Washington avenue, in Racine, runs east and west; that the defendant’s double street-railway tracks are located thereon; that crossing that avenue, and at right angles with it, is Herrick avenue ; that some 300 or 400 feet west of that avenue, and parallel with it, is Packard avenue; that about 100 feet east of Packard avenue, and parallel with it, is an alley leading south from Washington avenue; that on the north side of Washington avenue, and from 132 feet to 150 feet west of Herrick avenue, is the…
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