Legal Opinion

Jordan v. Osborne

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 9, 1912PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Kenosha county: E. B. BeldeN, Circuit Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

Tbe following opinion was filed November 14, 1911:

TiMLiN, J.

Tbe plaintiff was nonsuited, and tbe inquiry is, Was there a prima facie case made for tbe jury, giving tbe evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom their utmost probative effect? On tbe subject of defendants’ negligence it is shown that they are operating as receivers an electric interurban railway running between Milwaukee and Chicago. Tbe deceased came to bis death on October 2, 1908, in consequence of a collision between bis automobile and defendants’ electric car at a highway grade crossing of tbe interurban railway…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ryan v. La Crosse City Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Sutton v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Company, United States of America v. Union Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
  2. Johnson v. Ætna Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Zweifel v. Milwaukee Automobile Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Zenner v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Oklahoma Union Ry. Co. v. HoukSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924

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