Holden v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Swift county" by Ralph Holden, as administrator of the estate of his son Ralph, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of the son. The case was tried before Qvale, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,000. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, c. J.
On October 29, 1906, at about one o’clock p. m., the plaintiff’s intestate was killed while attempting to alight from defendant’s passenger train when it was in motion. This action was brought in the district court of the county of Swift to recover damages for his death, on the ground that it was caused by the negligence of the defendant. Verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $3,000. The defendant appealed from an order denying its motion for judgment or a new trial. The principal questions raised by the assignments of error are whether the deceased was as a matter of law guilty…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. CrunkIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Solomon v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Galloway v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. McCurdySupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
- Jones v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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- Lundeen v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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