Central Wisconsin Trust Co. v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.

This action was brought to recover damages sustained by reason of the death of Charles H. Osthoff as the result of alleged negligence of the defendant. The acci dent, which resulted in Charles H. Osthoff’s death, occurred in the defendant's Mitchell yards at Milwaukee on August 2, 1934, while Osthoff was engaged in interstate commerce in the performance of duties in the course of his employment by the defendant. Those yards are adjacent to defendant’s main-line tracks from Milwaukee to Madison, and consist of a lead track that connects the main line to> a series of twenty sidetracks, which…