Hopkins v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Rock county: B. E. DuNwiddie, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for injuries alleged to bave been caused by defendant’s negligence.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Rock county: B. E. DuNwiddie, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for injuries alleged to bave been caused by defendant’s negligence. It is alleged that on September 16, 1903, plaintiff, under contract by tbe purchase of a passenger’s ticket over its road for the trip, was a passenger from Clinton Junction to Delavan, Wisconsin, on one of defendant’s passenger trains on its railroad; that tbe passenger train on which she was being carried as such passenger reached Delavan, and “when said train was approaching near to and within a short…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecicee, J.
Tbe negligence alleged by plaintiff, and upon which she relies to bold defendant liable, is that, after defendant’s servants bad announced tbe arrival of its train at Delavan and after it bad come to a standstill, she “arose from her seat in said car and proceeded toward tbe forward . . . end thereof for tbe purpose of alighting therefrom, but before [she] bad bad a reasonable or sufficient time, in tbe exercise of ordinary care, to get off of said train and while she was proceeding to get off, using due care and caution, . . . said defendant, by its servants, agents, and employees so in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hill v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- City of Ripon v. BittelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- Leslie v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- McKinney v. JonesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Matthews v. Town of BarabooWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
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- Savich v. HinesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921
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