Patter v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Dane County. Action to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been, sustained by plaintiff (in May, 1871), by reason of the negligence of the defendant. Answer, a general denial, and an averment of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Dane County. Action to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been, sustained by plaintiff (in May, 1871), by reason of the negligence of the defendant. Answer, a general denial, and an averment of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff. The case was tried at the November term of said court in-1871. The facts, so far as they bear on the questions of negligence, sufficiently appear in the opinion of Mr. Justice Cole. ■ The evidence for the plaintiff as to the character and effects of the injuries for which the action was brought, tended to…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
This action is brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for an injury sustained by her in consequence, as is alleged, of the negligence of the defendant corporation. The injury was sustained at the Syene station, about five miles from Madison, under the following circumstances:
The plaintiff, being an old lady about seventy-two years of age, on the 10th of May, 1871, purchased a ticket of the defendant’s agent at Madison for Syene, and left on the train for that place at 9:30 that evening, arriving at the station there at 9:45, the usual time for the passenger express train going to…
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- Ryan v. . New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- McDonald v. Chicago & N. W. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- Peters v. Warren InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- Hulbert v. New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Clifford v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1846
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