Porte v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown .county: HbNEY Geaass, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover wages earned by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant company as a brakeman.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown .county: HbNEY Geaass, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover wages earned by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant company as a brakeman. The plaintiff, a married man having a family dependent upon him, was in the employ of the defendant company as a switchman at Chicago, Illinois, until October 9, 1912. At this time he quit his employment with the company at Chicago and moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin, on account of the ill health of his wife. On August 15, 1912, the plaintiff, while residing in Chicago, Illinois, and…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecKER, J.
The defendant asserts that the trial court erred in holding that plaintiff was employed by defendant in October, 1912, and that he commenced work for defendant under this employment on October 24, 1912. The record clearly sustains the trial court on this point. The record shows that on October 14, 1912, the plaintiff applied to the defendant for employment as brakeman at Green Bay, Wisconsin. This was an entirely different position from the one he held as switchman in Chicago. The transactions between the plaintiff and defendant on the subject show that both parties considered and treated it…
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- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Pickett v. FergusonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
- Mallin v. WenhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Pierce v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Eagan v. LubyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
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