Floody v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county against the Great Northern Railway Company and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company to recover $25,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Hallam, J., who granted a motion of the Great Northern Company to direct a verdict in its favor, and a jury which returned a verdict for $15,000, against the Omaha Company.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county against the Great Northern Railway Company and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company to recover $25,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Hallam, J., who granted a motion of the Great Northern Company to direct a verdict in its favor, and a jury which returned a verdict for $15,000, against the Omaha Company. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, the Omaha Company appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, .1.
The complaint alleges that plaintiff was a switchman in the employ of defendant the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company; that defendant the Great Northern Railway Company owned, maintained, and operated railroad tracks running into the Union Depot of the city of St. Paul, over which, by agreement, the Omaha Company operated its passenger trains into the Union Depot; that in connection with its tracks and as a part thereof the Great Northern maintained and operated a certain switch over which it operated its passenger trains, and over which the Omaha also operated…
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