Jorgenson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.

Knutson, Justice.

The two cases above were consolidated for trial and likewise have been consolidated here. The appeals are from orders denying motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdicts or for a new trial after a verdict for plaintiff in each case.

The actions arose out of a collision between one of defendant’s freight trains and an automobile owned and driven by plaintiff *123Henry Jorgenson, in which his wife, plaintiff Olga Jorgenson, was riding. The collision occurred on May 7, 1948, at about 9:05 a. m. on a clear day. Defendant’s track at the place of the collision runs approximately…