Doyle v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Kandiyohi county, C. L. Brown, J., presiding, (acting for the judge of the 12th district,) refusing a new trial after a verdict of $7,573 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
This action is for the recovery of damages for a personal injury suffered by the plaintiff while engaged in the discharge of his duty as a switchman in the defendant’s service at one of its railroad stations. The accident occurred in connection with an attempt by the plaintiff to couple a slowly-moving platform or coal-ear to a caboose or box-car on a side track within the depot grounds. The coal-car was loaded with steel rails, which, in the course of transportation, and from the motion and shocks to which cars are ordinarily subjected, had so changed their proper position as to project…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Morse v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Kelly v. Southern Minnesota Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Wuotilla v. Duluth Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Phelps v. City of MankatoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- Kolsti v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Nubbe v. Hardy Continental Hotel System of Minnesota, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- O'Malley v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. MuggIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
- Marvel Schillie, Administratrix of the Estate of Marion Schillie, Deceased v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
- City of Chicago v. McKechneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
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