Prefontaine v. Great Northern Railway Co.

This is a suit to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received the latter part of January, 1923, by plaintiff while employed by the defendant at its coal docks in Minot, this state. Trial was had to a jury and resulted in a verdict of $750 for plaintiff, on which judgment was duly entered.

At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case and also when both sides rested, defendant made separate motions for a dismissal and for a directed verdict upon the grounds that no negligence had been proved and that plaintiff had failed to prove the material allegations of his complaint. Both motions…