Fraser v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Defendant appeals from the order denying its motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

In the afternoon of October 12, 1924, plaintiff boarded a box car in a freight train of defendant at its yard two miles east of Crookston. The train was east bound for Cass Lake, this state. There is nothing in the pleadings or proof to show that it was other than an intrastate train. Plaintiff was one of several men coming from the harvest fields of Dakota who were beating their way east, ' either unable or unwilling to pay for their passage. He claims that the train…