Roe v. Winston
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $20,000 for personal injuries. Tbe case was tried before McGee, J., and a jury, wbicb rendered a general verdict in favor of plaintiff for $10,040, and returned tbe special findings wbicb are set out in tbe opinion.
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Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $20,000 for personal injuries. Tbe case was tried before McGee, J., and a jury, wbicb rendered a general verdict in favor of plaintiff for $10,040, and returned tbe special findings wbicb are set out in tbe opinion. Defendants having moved for judgment notwithstanding tbe verdict or for a new trial, tbe court made an order denying tbe motion for judgment, and denying tbe motion for a new trial upon condition that plaintiff consent to reduce tbe verdict to $7,500, from which order defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendants. Plaintiff had a verdict in the court below and defendants appealed from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
Several questions are presented and argued in the briefs of ■counsel, but it is unnecessary to consider them all. As the result of our examination of the record is a new trial, we shall consider ■only some of the main propositions presented.
Defendants are copartners, engaged as such in general railroad…
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