Legal Opinion

Sowada v. Motzko

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 14, 1959No. 37,618PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Murphy, Justice.

These are appeals from judgments for the defendant, Giles Motzko, entered pursuant to verdicts awarding him $800 on his counterclaim against the plaintiffs. This case involves a rear-end collision between automobiles owned by plaintiff Tony Marsolek and the defendant. There was evidence from which the jury could find that the plaintiffs’ car had stopped upon the highway in violation of M. S. A. 169.32.

From the record it appears that the plaintiff Marsolek and his nephew, plaintiff Ernest Sowada, of South St. Paul drove in the Marsolek car to Opole, Minnesota, on October 6,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Christensen v. Hennepin Transportation Co. Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
  2. Purcell v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
  3. Geisen v. LuceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932
  4. Medved v. DoolittleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
  5. Jacobsen v. DaileySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Pierson v. EdstromSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
  2. Phillips v. FosterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
  3. Hansen v. St. Paul Metro Treatment Center, Inc.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2000
  4. Bray v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
  5. Palmer v. Watson Construction Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1963

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