Christie v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Mower county tó recover damages for personal injuries. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,500. From an order, Whytock, J., denying a motion for a new trial defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
The defendant, a railroad corporation, owns and operates a railroad which runs north and south through the city of Austin, in this state, at which point it maintains a station house and grounds, with depot and platform accommodations and approaches, intended and used for the convenience of passengers and. the public going there to transact business, and especially for re-, ceiving and delivering baggage carried and transported on the defendant’s railroad. West of the platform are two railroad tracks, which are connected by a switch and frog. The rails of the two. railroad tracks are planked…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Buenemann v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. JanderaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Kopveiler v. Northern Pacific Railway CompanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
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