Sandberg v. St. Paul & Duluth Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county by plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate, of Gustaf Sandberg, deceased, to recover $5,000 damages on account of the death of decedent. The case was tried before Jaggard, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Defendant company owns and operates a line of railway running from the Union Depot in St. Paul in a northerly direction through a ravine, through which flows Phalen’s creek. At a point about two miles from the center of St. Paul, between Fauquier and Ross streets, the tracks run under the Omaha railroad at right angles. From the Omaha bridge defendant’s tracks curve to the east, and cross Greenbrier avenue at a point about eight hundred feet from the bridge. At the bridge the valley of the ravine is contracted to less than one hundred feet, widening out rapidly to the east, and again…
2Cited by8 opinions
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- Haugen v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- Pogue v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Wardner v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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