Orth v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Stearns county, Searle, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after a verdict of $15,000 for plaintiff in an action for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a locomotive fireman. He and one Smith, as engineer, left St. Cloud in the morning upon an engine having attached a snow-plough in front and a caboose in the rear. Their object and duty was to clear the track of snow. They reached Fergus Falls between 3 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon. After waiting there for a time, they started to clear the track on the Pelican branch to Elizabeth, a distance of about 10 miles. They encountered considerable snow, and had made two or three stops, in or…
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