Legal Opinion

Njus v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 10, 1891PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Freeborn county, Farmer, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $1,500 for plaintiff, who lost his left thumb under the circumstances stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.

Plaintiff, while working for the defendant as a. “sectionman,” was injured in the state of Iowa, through the negligence, as alleged, of others of the sectionmen with whom he was-working. The section crew of which he was one, with three other see-, tion crews, were ordered to go upon a train of four flat-cars loaded with railroad iron, and drawn by an engine, and going east from a station called Cresco, and stopping at various points, where the men threw off a sufficient number of bars of the-iron to repair the track at each point. At one point, when the train was at rest, and the men…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Deppe v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1872
  2. Potter v. C., R. I. &. P. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1877
  3. Foley v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
  4. Stroble v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
  5. Malone v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Wabash Railroad Co. v. HassettIndiana Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Jemming v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
  3. Anderson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
  4. Johnson v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
  5. Dunn v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906

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