Magner v. Truesdale
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Ellen Magner, as administratrix of the estate of Edmund Magner, deceased, from an order of the District Coir '■ of Hennepin County, Thomas Canty, J., made August 26, 1892, denying her motion for a new trial. On December 18, 1889, about nine o’clock in the forenoon, Edmund Magner, since deceased, was walking west on the south of Elm Street and crossing the track of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Ellen Magner, as administratrix of the estate of Edmund Magner, deceased, from an order of the District Coir '■ of Hennepin County, Thomas Canty, J., made August 26, 1892, denying her motion for a new trial. On December 18, 1889, about nine o’clock in the forenoon, Edmund Magner, since deceased, was walking west on the south of Elm Street and crossing the track of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company. The track of the railway runs north and south through that city. The railway was in the hands of the defendant, William H. Truesdale, Receiver appointed June 28,…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
Action for negligently injuring, and causing the death of, plaintiff’s decedent, Edmund Magner.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, of which defendant was receiver, and in the management, runs nearly north and south upon and along Mill street, a public street in the city of Waseca, and crosses Elm street, also a public street in said city. From some distance south of Elm street the track is upon a slightly descending grade to and across that street, and to the north of it there is a switch track. Those in charge of the railway switched cars from the south side of the street by running them…
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