White v. Milwaukee City Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court of MilwctuJsee County. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by her through the negligence of the defendant company, its agents and servants, while riding in one of its street-cars. The "facts of the case are briefly as follows: The defendant operates two tracks of street railway, running north and south on East Water and Eeed streets, in the city of Milwaukee.
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APPEAL from the County Court of MilwctuJsee County. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by her through the negligence of the defendant company, its agents and servants, while riding in one of its street-cars. The "facts of the case are briefly as follows: The defendant operates two tracks of street railway, running north and south on East Water and Eeed streets, in the city of Milwaukee. These streets abut each other at the Menominee river, and are connected by a swing-bridge across that river near the Union depot.…
1Opinion of the CourtLtojv, J.
I. It is claimed on behalf of the defendant that no sufficient evidence was given upon the trial to support the finding that the defendant was guilty of negligence which caused the injuries complained of.
'We do not think that negligence can bp imputed to the defendant by reason of the manner in which it constructed its railway. The track seems to have been laid in *539the usual and proper manner, and the frogs placed in the proper positions to keep the cars upon the track when they passed the bridge. In view of the direction in which the cars were moved on the respective tracks, it would be…
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