Cooper v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Motion by Mrs. Cooper, executrix of the will of Henry C. Cooper, deceased, to vacate the proceedings in this Court taken subsequent to his death on August 2,1893. Henry C. Cooper was a passenger on October 6, 1891, from Merriam Park east to Marion Street in St. Paul on the Interurban Electric Line of Street Cars along University Avenue. While he was alighting at Marion Street the car was started suddenly and he fell and was injured.
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Motion by Mrs. Cooper, executrix of the will of Henry C. Cooper, deceased, to vacate the proceedings in this Court taken subsequent to his death on August 2,1893. Henry C. Cooper was a passenger on October 6, 1891, from Merriam Park east to Marion Street in St. Paul on the Interurban Electric Line of Street Cars along University Avenue. While he was alighting at Marion Street the car was started suddenly and he fell and was injured. He brought this action against the Street Railway Company to recover damages for the injury and on November 10, 1892, he obtained a verdict for $8,800. The…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This action was brought to recover for personal injuries said to have resulted to plaintiff through the carelessness and negligence of one of defendant’s servants while engaged in the operation of an electric car. A verdict was rendered for plaintiff, and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial an appeal was taken. August 1, 1893, this court affirmed the order appealed from, 54 Minn. 379, (56 N. W. Rep. 42,) and on the day following plaintiff died. The motion now before us, made in behalf of the executrix of the last will and testament of the deceased, *137is that all proceedings…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cooper v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Corbett v. Twenty-Third Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Clay v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Kent v. ChapelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Duffy v. StrattonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926