Strand v. Chicago Great Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Goodhue county to recover $1,000 for personal injuries. The facts are stated at the beginning of tbe opinion. From an order, Johnson, J., setting aside the order sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the complaint, and setting aside the judgment entered on the order sustaining the demurrer, and granting plaintiff leave to amend his complaint, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
In February, 1918, plaintiff brought suit against defendant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on August 11, 1916. It appears from the complaint that plaintiff was employed by defendant as a section laborer under a section foreman; that at the time of the accident they were engaged in transporting steel rails on a gasolene car and trailer ; that by direction of the foreman plaintiff assisted in pushing the ears along the track for the purpose of starting the gasolene engine; that while so engaged the foreman negligently started the gasolene car at “a fast and…
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