Woods v. Lindvall
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota. Action for damages for personal injuries brought by'August Lindvall against John Woods and Stephen B. Lovejoy, partners as Woods & Lovejoy. Verdict for plaintiff. Defendants appeal: Statement by Caldwell, J. This action was brought by tlie defendant in error to recover for a personal injury alleged to have been received through the negligence of the defendants.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota. Action for damages for personal injuries brought by'August Lindvall against John Woods and Stephen B. Lovejoy, partners as Woods & Lovejoy. Verdict for plaintiff. Defendants appeal: Statement by Caldwell, J. This action was brought by tlie defendant in error to recover for a personal injury alleged to have been received through the negligence of the defendants. The issues were a general denial and a plea of former adjudication. Upon the conclusion of the evidence, the defendants moved the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict…
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
The effect of the judgment of the state court, dismissing, on the defendants’ motion, the action brought in that court, at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, upon the ground that the plaintiff had failed to make out a case, is a question of local law depending on the construction of a statute of the state. Tt appears from 'the latest adjudged cases to be the established doctrine of the supreme court of Minnesota that under the statute of that state, upon a dismissal of .the action when the plaintiff rests his case, on the motion of the defendant, upon the ground that the plaintiff…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Andrews v. School-District No. 4Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Craver v. ChristianSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Conrad v. BauldwinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
3Cited by10 opinions
- Thomson v. BolesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- United States v. Chung SheeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1896
- F. C. Austin Mfg. Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
- Griffin v. ParkerTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
- Sowles v. Norcross Bros.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
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