Hunt v. St. Paul City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Separate actions in tbe district court for Ramsey county, — tbe first by plaintiff as father of Harriet Hunt, bis minor child, to recover for her benefit $15,000 for personal injuries received by, her in attempting to enter defendant’s street car; tbe second by plaintiff to recover $2,500 for tbe loss of services of said child resulting from tbe same injuries.
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Separate actions in tbe district court for Ramsey county, — tbe first by plaintiff as father of Harriet Hunt, bis minor child, to recover for her benefit $15,000 for personal injuries received by, her in attempting to enter defendant’s street car; tbe second by plaintiff to recover $2,500 for tbe loss of services of said child resulting from tbe same injuries. Tbe cases were tried together before Kelly, J., and a jury, which rendered separate verdicts in favor of plaintiff,- — in tbe first action for $6,000 and in tbe second action for $1,000. From an order denying a motion for judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
These two actions were tried and submitted to tbe jury together. One of them was brought by tbe father of a minor daughter, about ten years of age when tbe accident happened, to recover *449damages personal to himself, and the other was brought to recover damages for the benefit of the child. In the action brought by the father in his own behalf, a verdict was rendered in the sum of $1,000, and in the other the verdict in favor of the plaintiff was for $6,000. It was alleged in the complaint that, while the girl was attempting to board one of defendant’s cars in the city of St. Paul, the entrance…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Messenger v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Schmeltzer v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900