Nash v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
After the appeal reported in 141 Minn. 148, 169 N. W. 540, the case was tried before Dickson, J., who at the close of plaintiff’s testimony denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and at the close of the testimony defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for $6,000. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the vérdict was denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Plaintiff’s intestate on the seventh day of 'July, 1914, was and for some *323time prior thereto had been in the employ of defendant in the state of Iowa as a member of one of its bridge crews. On that day at Marshall-town in that state he received an injury while engaged in the discharge of the duties of his employment, from which he died a week later, or on July 15, 1914. This action was thereafter brought in this state to recover for his death, and by the original complaint was founded on the Federal Employer’s Liability Act. Plaintiff recovered a verdict which was sustained on appeal to this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Parkinson v. BrandenburgSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Nash v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
- Nash v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- McManus v. Duluth, Crookston & Northern R.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Powers v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
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