Sawyer v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Waseca county, to recover damages for injuries caused, on April 8,1886, by a defective freight car belonging to defendant. The action was tried before Buckham, J., and plaintiff had a verdict for $8,000. Plaintiff appeals from an order granting a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
One of defendant’s cars was loaded with plaster at Fort Dodge, Iowa, and transported over its line to Waseca, in this state, a point of junction with the Winona & St. Peter railroad. It was consigned to Alma Centre, in Wisconsin, a station on the Green Bay railroad, and was thereupon transferred and taken over the two last-named roads to its place of destination. On its return trip, it was reloaded with freight, (emigrant movables,) and consigned to Huron, Dakota, over the Winona & St. Peter railroad and Chicago & Northwestern road. The car was sent out from Waseca, March 15, 1886, and passed…
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