Miner v. Payne
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In an action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover damages for personal injuries, George G. Stthes filed his complaint in intervention to recover $4,000 attorney fees. The matter was heard ¡by Molyneaux, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of intervener Stthes, for $4,460. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, the substituted-defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
while employed as a freight conductor in the state of Wyoming by the defendant railroad company the plaintiff, Arthur Miner, fell from his train and was severely injured. About two weeks later one Benon, representing the intervener, George C. Stthes, obtained from Miner a signed statement, in which he said he was going over his train from one car of lumber to;,another and went down between the cars, and that there were no grab irons except at the bottom of the car. At the same time Miner signed a contract employing Stthes as his attorney, to bring an action for damages against the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lawler v. DunnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Davis v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Southworth v. RosendahlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- Wildung v. Security Mortgage Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- Scharmann v. Union Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
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