English v. Minneapolis & St. Paul Suburban Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $5,000 for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while a passenger in defendant’s car. The case was tried before Hallam, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,500. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
On December 29, 1904, the respondent was a passenger on one of appellant’s cars then being operated between Stillwater and St. Paul. At a point on the line of railway at or near the village of North St. Paul, where the street railway intersects the tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railway Company, the car in which respondent was riding collided with a semaphore signal which extended across the track at that point, and came to a sudden stop. The respondent claimed that she was injured by reason of such collision and the sudden stopping and jerking of the car, and in an action to recover damages…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mohr v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Pratt v. Pioneer Press Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Severns v. BrainardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
3Cited by6 opinions
- Goss v. GossSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Monson v. ArcandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Garedpy v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
- Wright v. EngelbertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935
- Beehler v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
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