Outcelt v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramséy county to recover $35,000 for the death of plaintiff’s intestate. .The answer alleged that all the physical conditions surrounding and attendant upon the work being done by plaintiff’s intestate at the time of the accident were patent and ob-. servable and known to and understood by the deceased.
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Action in the district court for Ramséy county to recover $35,000 for the death of plaintiff’s intestate. .The answer alleged that all the physical conditions surrounding and attendant upon the work being done by plaintiff’s intestate at the time of the accident were patent and ob-. servable and known to and understood by the deceased. The case was tried before Haupt, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff apportioned as set out in the first paragraph of the opinion. From an order denying…
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Plaintiff’s intestate was the head brakeman on a freight train of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. R. lost his life in an accident in the railroad yards at Grand Crossing, Wisconsin, on the evening of January 10, 1930. Alleging that the deceased was employed in interstate commerce, plaintiff, who is his widow and administratrix, brought this action to recover the pecuniary loss she and her two children sustained by reason of his death. She recovered a verdict against all of the • defendants, apportioning damages as follows: $13,000 to the widow and $1,000 to each of…
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- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. AultSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- State v. SailorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Clay v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- McNamee v. HinesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
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