Campbell v. Railway Transfer Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county against the Railway Transfer Company of the city of Minneapolis and Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, to recover $10,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Brooks, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,000. From an order denying their separate motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by negligence of both defendants. The defendant Railway Transfer Company operates what might be called a switching railroad among the flour mills at St. Anthony Falls, over which it transfers cars from other railroad companies to the mills, and from the mills to such railroad companies. The defendant milling company owns and operates a number of these mills. The transfer company delivered freight cars to the milling company’at one of its mills. The latter then took charge of and unloaded the same. Afterwards the transfer…
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