Lewis v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action by tbe administratrix of tbe estate of William H. Lewis, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of her intestate caused by defendants’ alleged negligence while in its employ.
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Action by tbe administratrix of tbe estate of William H. Lewis, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of her intestate caused by defendants’ alleged negligence while in its employ. The complaint alleged that “upon said morning of April 28, 1907, while said decedent, in the discharge of his duties * * * was necessarily and carefully proceeding along and in the vicinity of said tracks for the purpose of finding and reaching said locomotive to operate the same, as said defendant then and there well knew, said defendant carelessly and negligently caused one of its locomotives operated by and…
1Opinion of the Court
Start, O. J".
The plaintiff’s intestate, "William H. Lewis, had been for many years in the employ of the defendant as a locomotive engineer, when on April 28, 1907, at 6:10 a. m., while he was in the line of his duty in the defendant railway company’s yards in East St. Paul, he was struck by an engine and killed. He left him surviving a widow and four children, for whose benefit this action was brought in the district court of the county of Ramsey, to recover damages by reason of his death, on the ground that it was caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant railway company in driving…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Baltimore & Potomac R. Co. v. LandriganSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- McDermott v. SevereSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Abbett v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Hendrickson v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Scheiber v. Chicago, St. Raul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
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- Mechler v. McMahonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
- Gilbert v. City of TracySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Schoen v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Koski v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
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