Wolf v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

The defendant appeals from the order denying its motion in the alternative for judgment or a new trial.

At 10:30 p. m. December 11, 1927, plaintiff, a conductor of a switching or transfer crew in the terminal yards of defendant at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the course of the employment met with an accident that necessitated the amputation of his right leg four inches above the knee. Receivers were then operating the railroad, and this action to recover for the injuries was brought against them. But on the trial it was stipulated that defendant should be substituted for the receivers, since it…