Brown v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. TubNee, Circuit Judge. As to-tbe relative rights and duties of a motorman and a traveler on the street, they cited Gwrie v. Consolidated B. Co. 81 Conn.. 383, 71 Atl. 356; Lauson v. Fond du-Lac, 141 Wis. 57, 123 N. W. 629; Cawley v. La Crosse City B. Co. 106 Wis. 239, 82 N. W. 197; 2 Joyce, Electric Law, § 592; Consolidated' T. Co. v. Haight, 59 N. J. Law, 577, 37 Atl. 135; White v. Worcester C. St. B.…
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. TubNee, Circuit Judge. As to-tbe relative rights and duties of a motorman and a traveler on the street, they cited Gwrie v. Consolidated B. Co. 81 Conn.. 383, 71 Atl. 356; Lauson v. Fond du-Lac, 141 Wis. 57, 123 N. W. 629; Cawley v. La Crosse City B. Co. 106 Wis. 239, 82 N. W. 197; 2 Joyce, Electric Law, § 592; Consolidated' T. Co. v. Haight, 59 N. J. Law, 577, 37 Atl. 135; White v. Worcester C. St. B. Co. 167 Mass. 43, 44 N. E. 1052; Galbraith v. West End St. B. Co. 165 Mass. 572, 43 N. E. 501» And to tbe point that tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 5, 1911:
Timlin, J.
In this action for negligent injury the jury found the defendant negligent and also made the following findings: •(3) A person in the exercise of ordinary care, driving a buggy under circumstances similar to those in this case, would have discovered the approach of the car in time to have avoided the collision if he had made diligent use of his senses of sight and hearing.(4) Ordinary care did not require the plaintiff to look to the rear with such frequency that, considering such obstructions to his vision as he may have known to…
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