Wilson v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Blue Earth county, Severance, J., presiding, granting a new trial, the action having been dismissed by the court when plaintiff rested her case.
1Opinion of the Court
Vanderburgh, J.1
The plaintiff, widow of James Wilson, deceased, and administratrix of bis estate, brings this action to recover damages for injuries resulting in his death, and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. In the yard of the company at Mankato, it is alleged that a certain frog connecting the main track with a switch track was left in an unsafe and unprotected condition, and that the road-bed was improperly constructed at that point, in that an open space was left under the rail, so that the deceased, while engaged in the business of the company,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sullivan v. India Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Sweeney v. . Berlin and Jones Envelope Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Hughes v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- Craver v. ChristianSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad v. SpearMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
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- St. Louis Cordage Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. CorpsIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Rice v. . Eureka Paper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
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