Wherry v. Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of tbe district court for St. Louis county in favor of defendant, entered in pursuance of a verdict, after trial before Ensign, J., and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
TMs was an action brought to recover for injuries said to have been caused by the negligence of defendant’s servants while in charge of one of its freight trains at Virginia, in this state.
At this point the track ran north and south, while Chestnut street crossed it at right angles. About 5 o’clock in the afternoon of the day in .question, plaintiff, on foot, approached this crossing from the west, on his way to a point easterly, a mile or two beyond the crossing, and found the train obstructing the way, the engine headed to the south. It had been at a standstill at this point for several…
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