Meehan v. Great Northern Railway Co.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Grand Forks county; Fisk, J. Action by Daniel Meehan against the Great Northern Railway Company. Verdict for plaintiff. From an order denying judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or a new trial, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Grand Forks county; Fisk, J. Action by Daniel Meehan against the Great Northern Railway Company. Verdict for plaintiff. From an order denying judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or a new trial, defendant appeals. Expert testimony and opinion evidence based upon a proper foundation, and allowed, as a rule, upon questions of science, art, medicine and mechanics, where, from the -nature of the subject examined, the fact upon which the opinions are based cannot be passed upon by the average man or juror, but where the facts can be placed before the jury in such a…
1Opinion of the CourtEngerud, J.
Plaintiff. sued to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of the defendant, and obtained a verdict for $8,000 damages. Defendant moved in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, and appealed from the -order denying both motions.
The complaint alleged, in substance, that on April 10, 1902, the plaintiff was the head brakeman on defendant’s freight train which ran from Grand Forks to Walhalla and return; that while the train was running between Grafton and Minto on the return trip the plaintiff, while in…
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