Blakeley v. Le Duc
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Eamsey county, Wilkin, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, after verdict for plaintiff. See Blakeley v. Le Due, 19 Minn. 187 ; McLean v. Burbank, 11 Minn. 277; s. c., 12 Minn. 530.
1Opinion of the Court
Berdy, J.1
In 1863, J. C. Burbank, John L. Merriam and the plaintiff, as partners under the name of J. C. Burbank & Co., were engaged in transporting passengers, by stage, between LaCrosse and St. Paul. The defendant and others owned and operated a ferry-boat across the Mississippi river at Hastings, in this state. In attempting to cross on the ferry-boat, on March 27, 1863, the stage-coach fell into the river, and Matthew McLean, a passenger therein, was drowned. McLean’s administratrix thereupon brought an action against the stage company, under Gen. St. ch. 77, *478§ 2, and in January, 1868,…
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