Plunkett v. Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Chippewa County. The case sufficiently appears from the opinion. Among other things, they contended that the opinion of a witness as to the limits of the “ depot grounds ” was improperly admitted.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Chippewa County. The case sufficiently appears from the opinion. Among other things, they contended that the opinion of a witness as to the limits of the “ depot grounds ” was improperly admitted. Fowler v. Farmers’ L. <& T. Co. 21 Wis. 77. The instruction as to what constituted “ depot grounds ” was misleading, in that it restricted them to the place used jointly by the public and the railroad company, and excluded grounds necessary, convenient, and actually used for handling freight, switching cars, and supplying water. Peters v. Stewart, 72 Wis. 133;…
1Opinion of the CourtOrton, J.
The railway of the defendant company runs in an eastern and western direction through the village of Weyerhauserin Chippewa county;and for many miles east and west of said village the road had never been fenced, nor cattle-guards constructed; and the road was finished, and a depot established at that place, in 1884. The depot buildings consist of a depot building and platform where passengers and freight were received and left) a water-tank, coal-shed, turn-table, and round-house, and there are several side and switch tracks. About two-thirds of a mile east of the depot building, and 600 feet…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- State v. New Haven & Northampton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
- Teagarden v. HetfieldIndiana Supreme Court · 1859
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- Patten v. LibbeySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1851
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