Anderson v. Smith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $30,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Olin B. Lewis, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $6,000. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an appeal by the defendants from an order of the district court of the county of Ramsey denying their alternative motion for judgment or a new trial in a personal injury action in which the plaintiff recovered a verdict for $6,000.
1. The first contention of the defendants is that they are entitled, upon the record, to judgment absolute in their favor, because it discloses no evidence to sustain the finding of the jury that the defendants were guilty of negligence which was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injury, and for the further reason that the evidence shows, as a matter of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mattson v. Minnesota & North Wisconsin RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Anderson v. SettergrenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Teal v. American Mining Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Thomas v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
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- Martinson v. NeubertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
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