Hefferen v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Actions brought in the district court for Crow Wing county and tried before Mills, J., (acting for the judge of the loth district.) In the first case plaintiff had a verdict of $3,000, and, in the second, of $7,000. In each ease the defendant appeals from the judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
These two actions are for the recovery by a father (Patrick) and by his minor son (Thomas) of damages for an injury suffered by the son while engaged as a servant of the defendant in *472its shops at Brainerd. The father seeks to recover for loss of service of his son and for expenses to which he was subjected by reason of the injury; the son, for the personal injury to himself. The facts in the two eases are substantially the same, and both may be considered together. When the accident occurred (December, 1886) Thomas was 17 years old. He had been for about two years and a half at work for the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chicago & Great Eastern Railway Co. v. HarneyIndiana Supreme Court · 1867
- Fisk v. Central Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
- Gartland v. Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Curran v. Merchants' Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
3Cited by23 opinions
- Evans v. MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Green v. SansomSupreme Court of Florida · 1899
- Meyer v. LadewigWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
- Le Mieux v. CosgroveSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
- Rawley v. ColliauMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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