Lese v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Green Lake county: Chesteb A. Eowlee, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecKER, J.
Tbis is an action to recover damages for personal injury wbicb tbe plaintiff alleges be sustained while repairing a roof on a lumber sbed wbicb bad been broken by one of defendant’s freight cars.
Tbe plaintiff bad been engaged as a carpenter in doing repair work for tbe defendant company. Tbe lumber-sbed roof, wbicb was covered with roofing paper over tbe roof boards, bad been damaged by a moving box car wbicb bad jumped tbe bumper and crashed into tbe roof and sbed building, tearing out a portion of tbe roof and breaking one side of it. Tbe defendant company undertook to repair tbe sbed, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Faber v. C. Reiss Coal Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
- Hencke v. EllisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- Koepcke v. Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
- Peffer v. CutlerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- McPherson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
3Cited by4 opinions
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