Bolstad v. Armour & Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county against Armour & Co. and Samuel Carlson to recover $15,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Dickson, J., who at the close of the testimony denied the separate motions of defendants for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $2,500. From an order denying defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, they appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
In the forenoon of February 25, 1911, plaintiff was walking west on Ninth street in St. Paul towards Wabasha street, intending to take a street car for Minneapolis. He was on the southerly side of the street and when within about 30 feet of Wabasha street, hearing the car coining around the corner of Eighth street, he stepped off the sidewalk and walked diagonally across to the corner on the north side of Ninth street where the car stops. He walked fast. When more than half way across he stopped to avoid colliding with a rig coining rapidly from the east, and at that moment a horse and buggy…
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