Havel v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district court for Ramsey county by. the administratrix of the estate of Vaclav Havel, deceased, and by the administratrix of the estate of Rudolph Kroc, deceased, to recover. $7,500 in each case for the death of their intestates. The defense in each case was negligence on the part of plaintiff.
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Two actions in the district court for Ramsey county by. the administratrix of the estate of Vaclav Havel, deceased, and by the administratrix of the estate of Rudolph Kroc, deceased, to recover. $7,500 in each case for the death of their intestates. The defense in each case was negligence on the part of plaintiff. The cases were tried together before Hallam, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of Barbara Havel for $1,365.84 and in favor of Mary Kroc for $2,911.67. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
On the morning of January 16, 1911, at 6:35 o’clock Vaclav Havel and Rudolph Kroc were walking, as bad been their custom and that of others for several years, on the defendant’s right of way and tracks from Hopkins to the Monitor Drill Works, near St. Louis *196Park, where they were and had been employed for some time. When they had reached a point about midway between the towns, they were struck and instantly killed by the defendant’s passenger train. The administratrix of the estate of each brought an action in the district court of the county of Eamsey to recover damages sustained by the death…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Anderson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Sloniker v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Lang v. FerrantSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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- Elvidge v. Stronge & Warner Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- State v. BrownSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1918
- Cameron v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
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