Waldum v. Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff was injured August 30, 1916, at Superior, while working for the Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Rail-zvay Company, hereinafter referred to as the Raihvay Company. At the time of the accident he was engaged in switching a string of empty box cars from the yards of the Northern Pacific Railway Company to the C. Reiss Coal Company’s dock in the city of Superior.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff was injured August 30, 1916, at Superior, while working for the Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Rail-zvay Company, hereinafter referred to as the Raihvay Company. At the time of the accident he was engaged in switching a string of empty box cars from the yards of the Northern Pacific Railway Company to the C. Reiss Coal Company’s dock in the city of Superior. He was on top of a box car which was struck by other cars, and he was thrown under the cars and suffered injuries which resulted in…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 4, 1919:
Rosenberry, J.
Sub. (3), sec. 2394 — 8, Stats. 1915, is as follows: “The provisions of sections 2394 — 3 to 2394 — 31, inclusive, shall not apply to émployees operating, running or riding upon, or switching freight or other trains, engines or cars for a railroad company operating a steam railroad as a common carrier,” unless both employer and employee shall have accepted the provisions of the act in writing. The Railway Company admits that it is organized as a railroad company and is authorized by its charter to do business as a common carrier,…
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