Smith v. St. Paul City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, refusing a new trial, after a trial before Wilkin, -J., and a jury, and a verdict of $3,000 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
This action is brought to- recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by a collision between two street cars of the defendant, on one of which plaintiff claims to have been a passenger. ' Defendant denies that he was a passenger, and insists that under the circumstances it is liable for the exercise of ordinary care only.
1. Upon this question plaintiff’s evidence tends to show that he had reached the car, which had stopped for him at a crossing, and was endeavoring to enter it by a single low step, in the rear and centre of the car, between the rails; that while he was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Railroad Company v. PollardSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Feital v. Middlesex RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Karsen v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Simmons v. New Bedford, Vineyard & Nantucket Steamboat Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Allender v. C. R. I. & P. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
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3Cited by60 opinions
- State v. DeZelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- Barth v. Kansas City Elevated Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Hite v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- James v. United States Casualty Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Wood v. North Carolina Public-Service Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
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