Vance v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Itasca county to recover $50,000 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,500. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied. From a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Respondent recovered a verdict for injuries received by falling over a brace connecting a ladder to a semaphore post located in the platform of appellant’s depot in the city of Grand Rapids. Appellant appealed from an order of the trial court denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and presents the following suggestions: (1) That the evidence does not sustain the cause of action pleaded in the complaint, and that there is a fatal variance between the evidence and the cause of action pleaded; (2) that it conclusively appears from the evidence that appellant is in no…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Anderson v. FieldingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Brown v. Musser-Sauntry Land, Logging & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Kremkoski v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907