Weiss v. Great Northern Railway Company

Sheran, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court.

At about 10 a. m. on September 30, 1966, a collision occurred where 121st Avenue N. W. in the city of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, crosses the railway tracks of defendant Great Northern Railway Company. A southbound Great Northern train (double engine, 16 cars, and caboose) collided with a road grader owned by the city of Coon Rapids and then being used by its employee, Vernon D. Weiss, for street improvement at the intersection. Mr. Weiss was injured; the grader was damaged. Weiss instituted an action against the Great Northern Railway…