Jones v. Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $50,221 for personal injuries. The separate answers of defendant Curtis and the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company admitted plaintiff’s injury while in the employ of defendant telephone company and that there was an X-ray picture taken of plaintiff, but alleged that it was taken by a competent physician and with plaintiff’s consent. The reply to the separate answer of the telephone company was a general denial.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $50,221 for personal injuries. The separate answers of defendant Curtis and the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company admitted plaintiff’s injury while in the employ of defendant telephone company and that there was an X-ray picture taken of plaintiff, but alleged that it was taken by a competent physician and with plaintiff’s consent. The reply to the separate answer of the telephone company was a general denial. The case was tried before Dickinson, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $4,897. From the…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
This is an appeal by defendant Telephone Company from a judgment against it after a verdict in favor of plaintiff and a denial by the trial court of defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. There was no motion for a new trial, and therefore we need only consider whether there was evidence tending to support a verdict for plaintiff.
The somewhat unusual facts may be briefly stated as follows: Plaintiff was in the employ of defendant Telephone Company as a lineman. October 19, 1910, while in the performance of his duties, he received an injury. A physician was called who…
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