Piper v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This is an action for damages sustained October 18,1888, ' at a street crossing of the defendant’s railway track one mile east of its Watertown depot, and within the city limits but outside of the platted portion thereof.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This is an action for damages sustained October 18,1888, ' at a street crossing of the defendant’s railway track one mile east of its Watertown depot, and within the city limits but outside of the platted portion thereof. It appears from the undisputed evidence that the railway at that point runs a very little north of west and south of east, and is straight for two miles east of the crossing, and for more than 1,100-feet west of the crossing; that the street mentioned…
1Opinion of the CourtCassooay, J.
As indicated in the foregoing statement, there is evidence tending to prove that at the time of the accident the train was from fifteen to twenty minutes behind its regular time. One of the plaintiff’s witnesses testified, in effect, that on the day of the accident he started from King’s steam-mill, on First street, in Watertown, with a load of feed, for his home, while the 1 o’cloch whistles were blowing¡ that he went on the street in question; that he passed the crossing, and met and passed the plaintiff at the foot of Koch’s hill; that he got up over the hill, and neither *254heard nor saw…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Heddles v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
- 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
- Hooker v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Langhoff v. Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1865
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- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus & Indianapolis Railway Co. v. HarringtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
- Todd v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- Jackson v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- White v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- Schneider v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
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