Schreiner v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Wright county to recover $25,000 for personal injuries. From an order, Giddings, J., sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Appeal from an order sustaining a general demurrer to a complaint. The facts set forth therein may he briefly stated as follows: Defendant operated its road between Waverly and Mont-rose, in this state. It had at all times failed to -comply with its statutory duty to fence its tracks between these pláces. Plaintiff was injured while walking upon defendant’s track under what he claims to have been an implied invitation. That the public have used the railroad right of way and its roadbed ever, since its construction to walk thereon, and it had been the usual custom of the people who live at…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Reardon v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Cusick v. . AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Redigan v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Rosse v. St. Paul & Duluth Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Nelson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Musolf v. Duluth Edison Electric Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Branan v. WimsattCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1924
- Dicaprio v. . N.Y.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Menut v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Boyd v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
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