Gibson v. Iowa Central Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Freeborn county to recover $2,000 for personal injuries. Among other things the complaint alleged that, at the time of the accident and injury and ever since, the laws of Iowa provided as follows: “Every corporation operating a railway shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person, including employees of such corporation, in consequence of the neglect of the agents or by any mismanagement of the engineers or other employees thereof,…
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Action in the district court for Freeborn county to recover $2,000 for personal injuries. Among other things the complaint alleged that, at the time of the accident and injury and ever since, the laws of Iowa provided as follows: “Every corporation operating a railway shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person, including employees of such corporation, in consequence of the neglect of the agents or by any mismanagement of the engineers or other employees thereof, 'and in consequence of the wilful wrongs, whether of commission or omission- of such agents, engineers or other…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Personal injury action. Verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of' $1,200, and defendant appealed from an order of the district court of the county of Freeborn denying its blended motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
1. The first contention of the defendant is that upon the plaintiff’s own evidence it was entitled to an instructed verdict in its favor, for the reason that his injury resulted from snow, the hazard of which he *149assumed as one of the risks of his employment. The law relevant to this question is well settled. The general rule is that a railway company…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Anderson v. FieldingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Lawson v. TruesdaleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Rifley v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Fay v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
3Cited by18 opinions
- Ahlstrom v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- McGivern v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Connolly v. Nicollet HotelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- Raudenbush v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- Hinman v. GouldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
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