Syck v. Duluth Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $11,015 for injuries received in collision between plaintiffs automobile and defendant’s street car. The answer alleged negligence on plaintiffs part. The case was tried before Cant, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for’ a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of defendant. From an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
There was a collision between .an automobile and a street car at the *119intersection of Third street and Twenty-third Avenue West, in Duluth, and the driver and owner of the automobile brought this action against the street car company to recover damages. A verdict was rendered in favor of the -defendant, and plaintiff appeals from the order denying -a new trial. '
The pleadings tendered the ordinary issues of negligence and contributory negligence on the part of the operators of the respective vehicles. But the trial court held that, upon the evidence adduced, plaintiff’s contributory negligence…
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