Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Tuite

The injury, to recover for which suit was brought by appellee against appellant, occurred in the State of Wisconsin.

Appellee was a locomotive fireman in the employ of appellant, and at the time of the accident ivas acting in that capacity on a locomotive drawing, a special, or “ wild ” freight train northward from Chicago, and had reached the station of Shopiere, in Wisconsin. The station agent at that point left a switch open, and the train, which was not intended to stop at that place, was turned onto the switch and wrecked, and the appellee most seriously injured.

It was conceded at the…