Grignon v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $25,000 for personal injury received while a passenger upon defendant’s train. The case was tried before Brill, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for $1,750. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
On November 26, 1913, plaintiff, a traveling salesman, 63 years of age, was a passenger upon-one of defendant’s freight trains between Kilkenny and Waterville, this state. The train was composed of about 40 cars, and when it reached Waterville, plaintiff’s destination, was switched onto a yard passing track. When the train came to stop on this track, the caboose, in which plaintiff was riding, was some distance from the station building. The conductor of the train, being in the caboose at the time, announced that the train would pull up no further and that plaintiff and another passenger…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In re Hess' EstateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Hahn v. BettingenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Krenz v. LeeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Schultz v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Skow v. Dahl Punctureless Tire Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
3Cited by2 opinions
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- McCarty v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1923