Jensen v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: John K. Paeish, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for personal injury. The injury occurred while plaintiff was on duty in defencL-ant’s railroad yard at Hurley, Wisconsin. He was an experienced railroad man about twenty-three years of age, but not familiar with the particular railroad yard, though it was arranged .as yards customarily were on defendant’s and other railroads.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: John K. Paeish, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for personal injury. The injury occurred while plaintiff was on duty in defencL-ant’s railroad yard at Hurley, Wisconsin. He was an experienced railroad man about twenty-three years of age, but not familiar with the particular railroad yard, though it was arranged .as yards customarily were on defendant’s and other railroads. On the morning of the injury, plaintiff was acting as a fireman on an engine running on slow time as an extra. The start was made at Ashland with Bessemer as…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 6, 1910:
MaRshall, J.
The conclusion reached in this case renders a general treatment of the form of verdict adopted by the trial court, in respect to which a number of criticisms are made and errors suggested by counsel for appellant, sufficient to dispose of all such matters. Such general treatment is not only appropriate to the case, but may be helpful in administering the law as it exists with the legislative change effected by ch. 254, Laws of 1907. It is quite evident that notwithstanding the exposition of the features thereof in Kiley v. C., M. &…
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