Trojanowski v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: F. 0. Eschweileb, Circuit Judge. The action is for damages for tbe benefit of the widow of Felix Trojanowski, deceased, who was struck by one of defendant’s trains and died from the injuries he sustained. * • The decedent was fifty-seven years of age and a laborer by occupation and resided in the city of Milwaukee. He lived a short distance from where Fifteenth avenue intersects the' defendant’s right of way.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: F. 0. Eschweileb, Circuit Judge. The action is for damages for tbe benefit of the widow of Felix Trojanowski, deceased, who was struck by one of defendant’s trains and died from the injuries he sustained. * • The decedent was fifty-seven years of age and a laborer by occupation and resided in the city of Milwaukee. He lived a short distance from where Fifteenth avenue intersects the' defendant’s right of way. Fifteenth avenue extends north and south and the railroad right of way crosses it in an easterly and westerly direction.…
1Opinion of the Court
There was also a brief by IT. A. Hayes, as amicus curice.
Siebeceeb, J.
The plaintiff asserts that the defendant is liable for the damages she suffered by the death of Felix Tro-janowski under the provisions of sec. 1810, Stats. 1911, providing for the erection and maintenance of fences and cattle-guards on railroads. Sub. 2 of this statute provides:
“Until such fences and cattle-guards shall be duly made *79every railroad corporation owning or operating any snob road shall be liable for all damages done to cattle, horses or other domestic animals, or persons thereon, occasioned in any manner, in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Davis v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
- Townley v. Chicago, MilwauKee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Delaney v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Anderson v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Blair v. Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1866
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- Dean v. EhrhartCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1988