Brevig v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.

Plaintiff claims damages from defendant in this action on the ground that, while a passenger on one of its railroad trains, he was by threats of bodily violence, to him made by one •of defendant’s servants, in charge of the train, and while the train was in motion, compelled to jump from the train, by reason of which he was run over, and one of his arms crushed under the wheels, so that it had to be amputated. On the trial a verdict was ordered for defendant, and from an order denying a new trial plaintiff appeals.

On the trial plaintiff testified that he and one Hanson left Minneapolis, May…