Lindem v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county to recover $10,700 for injuries sustained by reason of plaintiff’s horse taking fright at a locomotive of defendant railway company. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $5,000. From an order denying separate motions for judgment in their favor notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants jointly appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by plaintiff’s horse taking fright at one of defendant’s locomotives at a street crossing in the city of East Grand Forks. Plaintiff had a verdict in the court below, and defendants appealed from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, for a new trial.
*393The facts are as follows: Defendant railway company operates a line of railroad to and through the city of East Grand Forks, extending east and west across Dovery avenue,- — a street eighty feet wide,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cruikshank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
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