Boyer v. Eastern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $5,000 for personal injuries. From an order, Elliott, J., overruling a general demurrer to the complaint, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint.
The material facts in the complaint may be summarized as follows: Plaintiff, a bridge carpenter, was employed to work in defendant’s yards at Superior. Wisconsin. Flat cars loaded with poles were placed upon a side track. These cars were thirty-eight feet in length, while the poles placed thereon were seventy feet long, each being -two feet in diameter at the large, and eight *368inches, at the smaller, end. The poles were placed upon the floor of the cars lengthwise; five of each being laid side by side, in four tiers, with crosspieces…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gray v. Commutator Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- O'Niel v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Myers v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Vogt v. HonstainSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Reberk v. Horne & Danz Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
3Cited by14 opinions
- Ahlstrom v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- McGivern v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Blomberg v. TrupukkaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- Torgerson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1923
- Tatum v. CrabtreeMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
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