Green v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action under Gen. St. 1878, c. 77, § 2, by the plaintiff as-executrix of her deceased husband, John Green, to recover damages for injuries inflicted on him, causing his death.
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Action under Gen. St. 1878, c. 77, § 2, by the plaintiff as-executrix of her deceased husband, John Green, to recover damages for injuries inflicted on him, causing his death. The defendants were mortgage trustees iti possession of and operating the First Division of the St. Paul & Pacific railroad, and the deceased, a teamster not in the employment of defendants, was run over and killed by a passing train, while* driving his team over the railroad track at the Lafayette avenue crossing in the city of St. Paul. Defendants appealed from an order overruling their demurrer to the complaint.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Action for an injury to the person of plaintiff’s testator, causing his death; there being no contract relation connected with the injury. After a demurrer to the complaint had been overruled, defendant, Thompson died. This is a motion to substitute his executors as parties defendant.
At common law, a cause of action for a pure personal tort died with the death of either party. It is the same under the statute, except as changed by Gen. St. 1878, c. 77, § 2. The change effected by that section does not extend to preserving the cause of action in such case against the…
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