Mattson v. Minnesota & North Wisconsin Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Carlton county under section 5164, G. S. 1894, to recover $30,000 for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff’s minor son. The case was tried before Ensign, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $7,000. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This action was brought under the provisions of § 5164, G. S. 1894, to recover for injuries to plaintiff’s minor son, caused, as alleged in the complaint, by the negligence of defendant. Plaintiff had a verdict in the court below, and defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
It appears without dispute that plaintiff’s two sons — Hjalmar, for whose benefit this action is prosecuted, and a younger brother — both under the age of nine years, obtained from some source a stick of dynamite, which they exploded,…
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