Boyd v. City of Duluth
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district court for St. Louis county. They were tried before Fesler, J., who denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and its motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict of $500 in the father’s case and of $1,000 in the boy’s case. From an order granting defendant’s motion for judgment in its favor notwithstanding the verdict, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Separate actions to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff’s minor son, and consequential loss therefrom to plaintiff himself, through defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff had general verdicts in each, which the court set aside on defendant’s motion, ordering judgments for the latter notwithstanding. Plaintiff appealed.
The record discloses that for more than 20 years prior to the accident upon which these actions are based, defendant maintained, as a part of its highway open for travel, a trestle-work bridge across a ravine within the city limits. It…
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- Stone v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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- Bragg v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Moratzky v. WirthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Marquardt v. HubnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
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