Kearney v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Columbia County. Action for injuries to the plaintiff’s intestate resulting in his death, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. The facts in evidence will sufficiently appear from the opinions of Justices Cole and Taylob. Plaintiff had a verdict and judgment; and defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
With but little change, the language of the chief justice in Haas v. The Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co., 41 Wis., 44, so accurately and properly applies to the questions in this case, that I cannot do better than to quote it. Here, as there, the evidence is abundant to warrant the finding that those in charge of the train on the defendant’s road were guilty of a want of ordinary care in running at such an unusual and dangerous speed into the village of Eio. The excuse offered for this act — that it was necessary for the superintendent of the road to” immediately reach the Wisconsin river…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad v. Van SteinburgMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
- Ewen v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Newson v. . the N.Y.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Delaney v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Butler v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Harter v. DickmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1932
- Lockwood v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Schilling v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Burns v. North Chicago Rolling Mill Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Parke, Austin & Lipscomb, Inc. v. SexauerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931
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