Shaber v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.

Gilfillan, C. J.*

Action by plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of Henry Shaber, under Gen. St. 1878, c. 77, § 2, for causing the death of the intestate by negligence in running a railroad engine over him. The accident occurred at the place where defendant’s track crosses Lafayette avenue, a public street in the city of St. Paul. At that place the track runs nearly north and south, the avenue nearly east and west. The deceased was at the time passing, in the evening, on foot along the avenue, Coming from the east, and crossing, or about to cross, defendant’s track. The engine was…