Stutz v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court of Dodge County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice TayloR as a part of the opinion: This is an action for personal injury to the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the railway company. The material facts in the case are as follows: On the evening of the 4th of March, 1886, the respondent and a Mrs. Kreuziger took passage, in the caboose of a freight train, from Juneau to Minnesota Junction.
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APPEAL from the County Court of Dodge County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice TayloR as a part of the opinion: This is an action for personal injury to the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the railway company. The material facts in the case are as follows: On the evening of the 4th of March, 1886, the respondent and a Mrs. Kreuziger took passage, in the caboose of a freight train, from Juneau to Minnesota Junction. The junction is north of Juneau. When the train drew near to the junction, it stopped so that the caboose in which the…
1Opinion of the CourtTatloe, J.
Upon the facts of the case as found by the jury there is no contention on the part of the learned counsel for the appellant that the plaintiff was not entitled to a verdict for some amount of damages. The errors relied upon for a reversal of the judgment are exceptions taken to the admission of evidence, to the instructions of the court to the jury, and a refusal to give an instruction requested by the appellant.
It is insisted that it was error to permit the plaintiff to give the following evidence: “How long were you in there?” (meaning the culvert.) “Oh, I could not tell,— I was so full of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Meagher v. DriscollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. FlaggIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Woolery v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Seger v. Town of BarkhamstedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
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- Denver & R. G. R. v. RodderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
- Koerber v. PatekWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Cowan v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Pankopf v. HinkleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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