Beardsley v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, the Minneapolis Street Railway Company, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Seagrave Smith, J., made February 15, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial.
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Appeal by defendant, the Minneapolis Street Railway Company, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Seagrave Smith, J., made February 15, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial. The plaintiff, Jennie Beardsley, brought this action as the ad-ministratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Charles 0. Beardsley, to recover damages for the benefit of his next of kin, (1878 G-. S. ch. 77, § 2,) claiming that his death was occasioned by the negligence of the defendant. He was employed by the company upon its electric street cars as motorman or driver. It was his duty to stand…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. At the time of his death, the deceased was employed by defendant as a motoneer on one of its electric cars, and the accident was occasioned by the “bucking” of the car, (suddenly coming to a halt, and as suddenly starting up,) which threw the deceased over the dashboard to the ground in front, and the car quickly ran over and killed him.
The negligence charged is that the bucking of the car was caused by its defective condition, of which the defendant had…
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