Ryan v. Milwaukee Northern Railway Co.

The plaintiff in this case is the owner of a Ford coupé which was demolished when a trailer on one of the street cars of the defendant company in the city of Milwaukee caught upon a truck and forced the truck through the coupé, which was parked along the side of the street.

The defendant’s street car with a trailer attached was moving north on Third street and stopped at the intersection of Third and Sycamore streets while the east-and-westbound traffic was moving. Upon the signal from the traffic officer the motorman proceeded to make a turn to the left for the purpose of proceeding westward…