Sanderson v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Separate actions in the district court for Bamsey county, the first, by Caroline Sanderson to recover $2,000 for personal injuries; the second, by A. W. Sanderson to recover $2,040 for injuries resulting from the sickness and suffering of his wife, plaintiff in the first case, and for breach of contract for the transportation* of himself and family.
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Separate actions in the district court for Bamsey county, the first, by Caroline Sanderson to recover $2,000 for personal injuries; the second, by A. W. Sanderson to recover $2,040 for injuries resulting from the sickness and suffering of his wife, plaintiff in the first case, and for breach of contract for the transportation* of himself and family. The causes of action in both cases arose from the alleged wrongful act of defendant’s train conductor in forcibly ejecting or attempting to eject plaintiffs’ two minor children from defendant’s railway train and in compelling plaintiff A. W.…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The plaintiff A. W. Sanderson on May 7, 1900, with his wife, Caroline Sanderson, and their four children, aged respectively four, six, eight, and twelve years, boarded one of the passenger trains of the Omaha Bailway at Bice Lake, in the state of Wisconsin, for the purpose of going to St. Paul, and thence over the Northern Pacific Bailway to Cedro, in the state of Washington. The father and mother each had a full through ticket, and the child twelve years of age, a boy, had a through half-fare ticket. The tickets were purchased of the station agent at Bice Lake. The party transferred to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Larson v. ChaseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Purcell v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. HayterTexas Supreme Court · 1900
- Keyes v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Oelschlegel v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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