Griebenow v. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. B. Quinlan, Judge. Action begun in the civil court of Milwaukee county to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars. He boarded the car at about 6 o’clock in the afternoon on or about April 14, 1915, in company with two of his fellow workmen, and told the conductor that he wanted to get off at Lincoln avenue.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. B. Quinlan, Judge. Action begun in the civil court of Milwaukee county to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars. He boarded the car at about 6 o’clock in the afternoon on or about April 14, 1915, in company with two of his fellow workmen, and told the conductor that he wanted to get off at Lincoln avenue. Plaintiff was about sixty-nine years of age and had ridden on the car line ever since it was built and was familiar .with the streets over which the car…
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
The special verdict covered the issues litigated upon the trial, and it will be observed that the only negligence found on the part of the defendant consisted in the conductor’s opening the door to permit the plaintiff to pass out on the rear platform. It was the usual rear platform of a large city car, divided by upright and horizontal iron rods into one space for exit and one for entrance, with handholds at the sides of each besides the dividing rods. Its floor was from six to eight inches lower than the floor of the car. The question at issue is, Was the car running at such a high rate of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bassett v. Milwaukee Northern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
- Engen v. Chippewa Valley Railway, Light & Power Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1916