Legal Opinion
Schroht v. Voll
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 17, 1955No. 36,518, 36,519, 36,520PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Matson, Justice.
Defendant railroad, in two wrongful death actions, appeals from an order in each action denying its alternative motion for judgment or a new trial and from an order in one action denying the other defendant’s alternative motion for a reduction of the verdict or a new trial. These actions were consolidated for trial and heard together on appeal.
These actions are brought by trustees to recover for the alleged wrongful deaths arising out of a collision between a northbound truck in which the decedents were riding and a westbound passenger train of the Chicago & Northwestern…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Miller v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Hanson v. Homeland Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Heitman v. City of Lake CitySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
- Haller v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Anderson v. BirkelandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Tiedeman v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul And Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Allison v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 2017
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