Legal Opinion

Harris v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 28, 1887PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Le Sueur county, Macdonald, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after a verdict of $3,000 for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.

Upon a former appeal in this action, a new trial was granted, for the reason that the ease did not show negligence on the part of the defendant which could be said to have caused the accident complained of. The case is reported in 33 Minn. 459, (23 N. W. Rep. 850.) The cause is now here upon the ease shown at the .second trial.

Upon a consideration of this case, we are of the opinion that, as ..respects the question of negligence of the defendant, there was suffi*48cient evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury, if that were the only' question in the ease. We shall not, in this connection,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Harris v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Gratiot v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  2. Wilkinson v. Oregon Short Line RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Howard v. Northern Central Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1888

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