Sylvester v. City of Milwaukee

These actions arose out of a collision between an automobile operated by plaintiff Frank Sylvester and the partly raised south leaf of the North Broadway drawbridge in the city of Milwaukee. The accident happened on October 24, 1937. Sylvester was driving south on North Milwaukee street. About one block north of the bridge North Milwaukee street turns to’ the southwest and joins North Broadway, which street continues across the bridge. The bridge is of the double-leaf bascule type, each leaf being about sixty-one feet long. Bridgetenders are stationed on both north and south ends of the…