Northern Pac. R. v. Austin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin. Action by Margaret Austin against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Plaintiff obtained judgment. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
JENKINS, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error, as adminis-tratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Willard Austin, brought her action under a statute of the state of Wisconsin to recover damages for the death of her husband, caused by the alleged negligence of the plaintiff in error. The accident by which the deceased came to his death occurred at a highway crossing called “Paint Creelc Crossing,” some three miles east of Chippewa Falls, on the Wisconsin Central Railroad, at the time operated by the plaintiff in error. At that point there was a single track running substantially east…
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- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. ConverseSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Elliott v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Baltimore & O. R. v. MeyersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1894
- Louisville & N. R. v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1894
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