Mykleby v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Eric P. Mykleby, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Wilkin, J., made October 23, 1889, denying his motion for a new trial. Action to recover $20,200 for personal injury sustained by the plaintiff from the willful, malicious, and violent acts of the servants of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company in managing its passenger train.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Eric P. Mykleby, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Wilkin, J., made October 23, 1889, denying his motion for a new trial. Action to recover $20,200 for personal injury sustained by the plaintiff from the willful, malicious, and violent acts of the servants of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company in managing its passenger train. On Sunday evening, September 28, 1884, plaintiff was at Eau Claire, Wis., and got onto the east-bound train to go to Black River Falls, Wis. He was forty-seven years of age, lived at the Falls, and worked…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Subsequently to the determination of a former appeal in this case—39 Minn. 54, (38 N. W. Rep. 763) — it was tried upon the merits, resulting in a verdict for defendant. The present appeal is from an order refusing a new trial, and, although counsel has presented and argued ten assignments of error, there are but two, the third and fourth, which need to be specially mentioned, and these are of the same import, both relating to alleged misconduct of one of respondent’s counsel when trying the case, by means of improper remarks and statements, which, it is claimed by appellant, influenced and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Loucks v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Watson v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Mykleby v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- State v. FrelinghuysenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- State v. AdamsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
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- Jung v. Theo. Hamm Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Schultz v. SchneckenbergerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- State v. WaddellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892