Ford v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $5,000 for an assault by a servant of defendant upon plaintiff while the latter was attempting to board defendant’s street car. The case was tried before Simpson, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict of one dollar in favor of plaintiff. From an order granting a motion for a new trial unless defendant should consent that the verdict be increased to $150, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
Plaintiff’s claim for $5,000 damages was based upon the following facts: He had been in ill health, and was convalescing from serious *97neurasthenia. When he was about to get on one of defendant’s cars as a passenger, some one, not the plaintiff, struck an employee of the defendant who had been sent by the company to the place to assist in handling the passengers there. That employee turned around, seized plaintiff by the throat, dragged or pushed him about’twelve feet into the street gutter, and threatened to “smash his damned head.” Plaintiff called to him not to strike. Plaintiff’s neck was…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Mohr v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Craker v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- McNamara v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Whitney v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
- Draper v. BakerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
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