Lee v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for St. Croix county: E. W. Helms, Circuit Judge. argued, among other things, that the court erred in refusing to receive in evidence the complaint in the suit pending in Minnesota between these parties.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for St. Croix county: E. W. Helms, Circuit Judge. argued, among other things, that the court erred in refusing to receive in evidence the complaint in the suit pending in Minnesota between these parties. Plaintiff testified that he employed the attorney to commence that suit for this injury, and, his statément to the contrary notwithstanding, it is to be presumed that he stated to his attorney the facts on which he relied as his cause of action. Lindner v. St. Paul F. dt M. Ins. Go. 93 Wis. 526, 530, 531; Bliss v. Nichols, 12 Allen, 443,445; Gurrier…
1Opinion of the Court
Oassoday, O. J.
This action is to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant as rear brakeman on a freight train. It appears from the record and is undisputed that the defendant’s line of railway coming into the station of Gordon from the north crosses a trestle spanning the St. Croix river; that the top of the trestle consists of square ties laid five inches apart, upon which the rails of the track, including guard rails, are laid, the ties being twelve feet in length, and the width of a box car nine feet seven and one-half inches;…
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