Morrill v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court' for Hennepin county to recover $1,074 damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in being forcibly ejected from respondent’s street car. The case was tried before John Day Smith, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $100. From an order denying its motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
This action was brought against the Minneapolis Street Railway Company to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the wrongful and illegal expulsion of the plaintiff from one of its cars. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $100, and the appeal is from án order denying a motion for judgment for the defendant notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
There was evidence tending to show that on September 5, 1906, the plaintiff entered one of the defendant’s cars of the Interurban line *364near the Great Western depot on Washington avenue South in the city of…
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