Berg v. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $40,000 for personal injuries to plaintiff’s infant son, George Bernhard Berg, sustained in Michigan while attempting to catch hold of the ladder of a box car of a moving train. The complaint alleged negligence on the part of defendant in permitting boys to play on and about its moving engines and trains.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $40,000 for personal injuries to plaintiff’s infant son, George Bernhard Berg, sustained in Michigan while attempting to catch hold of the ladder of a box car of a moving train. The complaint alleged negligence on the part of defendant in permitting boys to play on and about its moving engines and trains. The answer denied such negligence and alleged that the injury was caused by the carelessness and wrong doing of the infant. The answer further alleged a statute of the state of Michigan providing for punishment for boarding moving…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Appellant company was operating through the village of Barraga, Michigan. The main track passed the east side of the depot upon a slight curve. One switching track commenced on the west side of *307the depot platform and connected with the main track about three-hundred feet north of the platform. Two other tracks, used for logging purposes, branched off from the main track to the east and connected with it, one at a point about two hundred feet north of the platform, and the other about one hundred fifty feet north. The section house was located on the west side of the main track at a point…
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