Watts Ex Rel. Watts v. Erickson

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial on the issue of damages only or, in the alternative, on all the issues.

On December 15, 1952, Ronald K. Watts was struck and injured as he was crossing a street in Roseau, Minnesota, by a 1987 Terra-plane automobile driven by defendant, Carl A. Erickson, then chief of police of Roseau. The accident occurred sometime between 10 and 11 a. m. at the west end of “north bridge” on state trunk highway No. 11, which runs generally east and west as it proceeds across “north bridge.” The…