Green v. Brainerd & Northern Minnesota Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the distridt court for Crow Wing county by plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of Louis M. Brown, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of decedent. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., who, upon the close of the testimony, directed a verdict for defendant. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Plaintiff’s intestate, her son Louis M. Brown, was killed while employed as a brakeman upon one of the defendant’s logging trains in the northern part of the state. She brought this action to recover damages, and at the close of the testimony the court below dismissed her case upon defendant’s motion. This appeal is from an order denying her motion for a new trial, based upon a settled case and all files ¿nd records.,
The facts were that Brown was rear brakeman upon a section of three cars which were being moved out along a spur to defendant’s main-line track, which ran north and south. The…
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- Conners v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MothershedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Turnpike Co. v. FryTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
- Eastburn v. Norfolk & W. R. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
- Ford v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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