Cole v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lae County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Tayloe as a part of the opinion: This action was brought to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of said company.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lae County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Tayloe as a part of the opinion: This action was brought to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of said company. The material allegations of the complaint, which were put in issue, are as follows, viz.: “ That the plaintiff on the 25th day of November, 1880, at the time of the grievances hereinafter mentioned, was, and prior thereto had been, in the employment of the defendant as foreman in charge of a gang or crew of men constructing…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylob, J.
Upon the argument of the appeal in this court it was not deemed by the learned counsel for the respondent that there was sufficient evidence in the case to sustain a verdict in favor of the respondent on the ground that the defendant was guilty of negligence in furnishing him unsuitable or unsafe machinery for doing his work, or that the company was guilty of negligence in employing a *120careless or incompetent engineer for managing the engine which was used in the performance of the work in which he was engaged when the injury ivas sustained by him. As to the competency of the engineer in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Seymour v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. AdamsIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. BayfieldMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Benzing v. . Steinway and SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Railroad Company v. FortSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- McLennan v. PrenticeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
- Reed v. StockmeyerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1896
- Felton v. GirardyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1900
- Paule v. Florence Mining Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1891
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