Snure v. Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one by the father of Arlene Snure, a minor, to recover $15,000 for injuries received by the minor in a collision with defendant’s truck, and the other to recover for loss of property. The actions were tried together before Steele, J., and a jury which, returned a verdict for $500 in the first action and $43.50 in the second action.
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Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one by the father of Arlene Snure, a minor, to recover $15,000 for injuries received by the minor in a collision with defendant’s truck, and the other to recover for loss of property. The actions were tried together before Steele, J., and a jury which, returned a verdict for $500 in the first action and $43.50 in the second action. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the' verdicts and granting new trials, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Her Curiam.
Plaintiff recovered a verdict for injuries to his minor child received in a collision with an automobile. Defendant made an alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. The court denied the motion for judgment but granted the motion for a new trial without making any statement as to the reason for granting it. Defendant appealed from the order on the theory that under chapter 24, p. 40, of the Laws of 1917, an appeal would lie.
In Kommerstad v. Great Northern Ry. Co. 125 Minn. 297, 146 N. W. 975, it was held that an order refusing to grant judgment…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kommerstad v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Greenberg v. National Council of Knights and Ladies of SecuritySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
3Cited by4 opinions
- Snyder v. Minnetonka & White Bear Navigation Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Drcha v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
- Morton v. Griggs, Cooper & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Allen v. TorbertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918