Cooper v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, the St. Paul City Railway Company, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, J. J. Egan, J., made February 3, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial. On October 6,1891, the plaintiff, Henry C. Cooper, was a passenger from Merriam Park east to Marion Street in St. Paul upon the Interurban Electric Line along University Avenue. While he was alighting at Marion Street the car was started, and he fell and was .injured.
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Appeal by defendant, the St. Paul City Railway Company, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, J. J. Egan, J., made February 3, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial. On October 6,1891, the plaintiff, Henry C. Cooper, was a passenger from Merriam Park east to Marion Street in St. Paul upon the Interurban Electric Line along University Avenue. While he was alighting at Marion Street the car was started, and he fell and was .injured. He was a bookkeeper in the employ of the Minnesota Transfer Company at a salary of $70 a month. The trial occurred November 10, 1892. Plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an action to recover for injuries said to have been caused by one of defendant’s motormen while plaintiff was a passenger upon one of its cars on the Interurban Line. The claim was that while plaintiff was alighting from the car at a proper stopping place, and in a prudent manner, the car was carelessly, suddenly, and negligently put in motion, thereby throwing him to the ground with great violence. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for the sum of $8,800, and this appeal is from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial. A large number of assignments *382of error are presented…
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