Legal Opinion

Magliani v. Minnesota Transfer Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 11, 1909No. Nos. 16,054—(83)PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Action in the district court for Ramsey county by the administrator of the estate of Antonio Cannone, deceased, to recover $5,075 for the death of his intestate. The case was tried before Bunn, J., who directed a verdict in favor of defendant. From an order denying plaintiffs motion for a new trial, he appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

As involved in this action, the tracks of defendant are adjacent to *149and extend parallel with those of the Great Northern Kailway Company. There are, at the point of the accident complained of, numerous side tracks of both companies, used for the operation of trains and switching cars. One particular track, mentioned in the record as a “dead track,” or “storage track,” owned by the Great Northern Company, was frequently used by defendant, under an agreement with that company, in its switching operations. With the switch properly turned it served as a continuation of one of the tracks of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Joyce v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
  2. Jordan v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
  3. Floan v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Schoen v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
  2. Koski v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
  3. Torkelson v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
  4. Hammer v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
  5. Kotefka v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911

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