Pylaczinski v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $500 for personal injuries. The complaint alleged that the work in question was necessarily done in haste in order to avoid trains that were or might be passing on the main track where the push car stood, and that the haste in doing the work was caused by the order of the foreman, and that such haste was a contributing cause to the accident, and the workmen were not then engaged in the construction of a new road.
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Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $500 for personal injuries. The complaint alleged that the work in question was necessarily done in haste in order to avoid trains that were or might be passing on the main track where the push car stood, and that the haste in doing the work was caused by the order of the foreman, and that such haste was a contributing cause to the accident, and the workmen were not then engaged in the construction of a new road. The answer alleged negligence on the part of plaintiff and that he was a man mature in years and had had long experience as a…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while employed as a section hand by defendant in its yards in Minneapolis. Plaintiff had a verdict for $500, and defendant appeals to this court from an order denying its blended motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict of for a new trial.
Plaintiff, at the time of his injury, with three other employees of defendant, was loading ties on a push car on a main track of defendant’s line. The pile of ties was some distance from the car, across two intervening tracks. It was the custom for the four men, as they…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tay v. Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Janssen v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Christiansen v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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- Jelos v. Oliver Iron Mining Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Nylund v. Duluth & Northeastern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913