Cotton v. Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Pipestone county to recover $10,-125 for personal injuries. The case was tried before P. E. Brown, J., and a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $5,095. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
On the evening of December 21, 1905, the respondent, Cotton, engaged a livery team and driver to take him from Bell Rapids, South Dakota, to Jasper, Minnesota. The vehicle.was a common, single-seated, two-horse buggy, and the driver was a young man about nineteen years of age who had had experience and was familiar with the route over which they were to pass. By the time they reached the village of Jasper it was dark and the lights were burning in the streets and houses. The weather was cool, the top of the buggy up, and the side and back curtains were drawn. Both the respondent and the…
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