Annas v. Milwaukee & Northern Railroad
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice TayloR as a part of the opinion: This action was brought by the respondent to recover damages for the death of her husband, which she alleges was caused bjr the negligence of the appellant, its servants, agents, or employees; he being, at the time he received the injuries which caused his death, a passenger on one of the appellant’s trains, and b'eing transported,…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice TayloR as a part of the opinion: This action was brought by the respondent to recover damages for the death of her husband, which she alleges was caused bjr the negligence of the appellant, its servants, agents, or employees; he being, at the time he received the injuries which caused his death, a passenger on one of the appellant’s trains, and b'eing transported, as such passenger, from De Pere to the city of Green Pay, this state. The material facts in the case are the following:…
1Opinion of the CourtTayloR, J.
From the course pursued by the learned circuit judge it is evident that he did not consider the fourth finding of the special verdict material in sustaining the plaintiff’s action. Had he considered it material, he would necessarily have ordered a new trial instead of entering a judgment in her favor, after setting aside the finding as unsupported by the evidence. ¥e will therefore first consider whether it was necessary for the-plaintiff, in order to recover in this action, to show that the injury which caused the death of her husband was the result of gross negligence on the part of the…
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