BREHMER v. CHICAGO & N. W. R. CO.


269 Wis. 383 (1955)

BREHMER, Respondent, vs. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by E. H. Borgelt and W. J. Roper of Milwaukee, attorneys, and Adolph P. Lehner of Oconto Falls of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Roper.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Howard W. Eslien of Oconto Falls.


MARTIN, J.

At the time of the accident, July 27, 1951, respondent Brehmer was an eighteen-year-old summer employee of the Falls Paper & Power Company of Oconto Falls. He and four other laborers were engaged in unloading groundwood pulp from Canadian National Railway car No. 510235 which had been delivered by the appellant to the loading platform of the paper company. The car had been partially unloaded from the platform side. To obtain more ventilation Brehmer...

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