Street v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Goodhue county to recover $8,000 for personal injuries. The amended complaint, among other matters, alleged that defendant and its servants negligently failed to warn plaintiff that it would not be safe for him to enter the car to assist his sister or to warn him that it was not safe for him to attempt to alight from the car after it was started, but on the contrary represented that it was safe and proper for him to do so and that he would…
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Action in the district court for Goodhue county to recover $8,000 for personal injuries. The amended complaint, among other matters, alleged that defendant and its servants negligently failed to warn plaintiff that it would not be safe for him to enter the car to assist his sister or to warn him that it was not safe for him to attempt to alight from the car after it was started, but on the contrary represented that it was safe and proper for him to do so and that he would have sufficient time to do so and alight from the car before it would start to leave the station, in accordance with law…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Plaintiff’s action to recover damages for personal injuries was dismissed at the close of his evidence, and this is an appeal from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
Plaintiff entered defendant’s passenger train at a station in this state, for the purpose of assisting a lady passenger, himself, however, not intending to take passage, but to leave the car as soon as his errand thereon was accomplished. Entering the front end of the car, they proceeded to a seat near the middle, when, observing the train was in motion, he hastily passed to the rear vestibule, intending to alight, but…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Diddle v. Continental Casualty Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Hull v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- East v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Raben v. Central Iowa Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- State v. FinchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Bricelyn School District No. 132 v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- Anderson v. FirleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- Gutterson v. PearsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
- United States v. City Nat. BankDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1939
- Leonczak v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
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