Decker v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Faribault county to recover $2,000. The case was tried before Quinn, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,000. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
On February 10, 1905, the plaintiff was a railway mail clerk in the service of the United States, and as such had charge of the mails carried on that day by the defendant for the United States from Jackson, this state, to Ua Crosse, Wisconsin, in a mail car furnished for that purpose by it. He brought this action to recover damages for per*100sonal injuries which he alleges he sustained by reason of the negligence of the defendant in furnishing a defective mail car, the door of which could not be closed, for his use as such postal clerk, and that by reason of the door of the car being…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Peterson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- In re the Probate of the Will of StorerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Jones v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
3Cited by7 opinions
- Saari v. GleasonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Barker v. Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
- John H. Jackson v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Hansman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- Ahern v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
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