Thomas v. Stevenson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district court for St. Louis county, one to recover $10,000 for injuries to plaintiff’s minor son and the other to recover $1,000 for medical care and loss of the minor’s services. The oases were tried together before Cant, J., and a jury which returned verdicts in favor of defendants. From orders denying plaintiff’s motions for a new trial, he appealed.
1DissentBrown, C. J.
The construction given the statute is strained, and if adhered to will effectually nullify all efforts to suppress the brilliant, dazzling automobile headlight, which sends terror to the traveler upon our much frequented narrow highways and boulevards, an end not necessary foT the public safety or the general welfare. No headlight can illuminate the roadway to the driver for 200 feet ahead, unless it be of that brilliant type; no other light, none now in general use, will meet the requirements of the statute as construed by the court, and must be discarded *276or dimmers removed. In my opinion…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Williams v. Minnesota State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- In Re HinkelmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- Borer v. KolarsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877