Guirney v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Ramsey county, to recover $10,000 damages on the cause of action stated in the opinion. The action having been brought on for trial before Wilkin, J., the court, on defendant’s motion, ordered judgment in its favor on the pleadings. The plaintiff appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The controversy in this case grows out of an attempt by the Fargo Southern Railroad Company to make a crossing over the track and road-bed of the defendant at Wahpeton, Dakota. The plaintiff was foreman of railway repairs and construction for the defendant,' and was directed by it to repair its track, which had already been cut and injured at the place in question, and to prevent the Fargo Company from interfering with the track of his company, and to protect the same from further injury or molestation. These instructions were obeyed by the plaintiff, and while he was so engaged he was…
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