De Blois v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Sherburne county to recover $25,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff. From a judgment for defendant notwithstanding a verdict of $1,500 in favor of plaintiff, entered pursuant to order of Searle, J., plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Defendant’s depot grounds at Princeton, with its buildings, platforms and other structures, are of the size and character usually found in a town of 1,500 inhabitants. The tracks, four in number, —one main and two “yard” in front of the depot building; the other, called the “house” track, in the rear, — ran north and south, the building itself facing to the west. The platform is nearly three *47hundred feet long, the depot building being about in the center. In front of this building, and to the north, the platform is twelve feet wide, while south of the building the width is but six feet. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Akers v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
3Cited by9 opinions
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