Lillstrom v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, from an order of the District Court of Clay County, Ira- B. Mills, J., made July 25, 1892, denying its motion for a new trial. Peder Lillstrom died February 20, 1890. He was injured in the manner stated in the opinion.
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Appeal by defendant, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, from an order of the District Court of Clay County, Ira- B. Mills, J., made July 25, 1892, denying its motion for a new trial. Peder Lillstrom died February 20, 1890. He was injured in the manner stated in the opinion. Plaintiff, Ingri Lillstrom, his widow, was appointed administratrix of his estate, and brought this action under 1878 G-. S. ch. 77, § 2, as amended by Laws 1889, ch. 109, to recover $10,000 damages for the exclusive benefit of herself and his next of kin. At the close of all the testimony,' the defendant moved the court…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, her husband in his lifetime* came to his death through the negligence of defendant railway company, it is claimed, and in this action, which Avas brought to recoAur for the alleged wrongful killing, plaintiff had a verdict. The facts as established on the trial were that, when living, the deceased resided with his family on a farm in a prairie' country about one *466mile east of defendant’s line of railway. On the morning of February 18, 1890, he left home with a pair of horses attached to bob sleighs to go several miles northwesterly for a load of wood, to obtain which…
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