Everett v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $15,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Cant, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $500. From a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
The accident out of which this case arose occurred in the village of Hibbing. Second and Third avenues of. the village are public streets *310running north and south. The streets cross these avenues at right angles. The defendant’s main line and switching tracks cross First, Second, and Third avenues. On the south side of the tracks, running parallel therewith, is a driveway,, known as “Railroad Street,” which commences beyond First avenue and crosses Second and Third avenues. This street is from thirty to forty feet wide. Near First avenue there branches off from defendant’s main yard a track,…
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