Reed v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Wright county to recover $5,000 damages by reason of the ejectment of plaintiff from defendant’s train. The court, Tarbox, J., directed a verdict in favor of defendant, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, J.1
Without undue force or violence, plaintiff was ejected from the caboose, and compelled to leave one of defendant’s freight trains, at a small station in Wright county. This action was brought to recover damages therefor.
Plaintiff knew that, in order to ride upon this particular train, every person was obliged to comply with one of defendant’s rules, and first procure a permit so to ride, — blanks being kept at each station for this purpose; — which permit was to be surrendered to the conductor together with a passage ticket. His counsel contends that from the evidence it clearly…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. KennedyIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
3Cited by3 opinions
- Anderson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. StreetIndiana Court of Appeals · 1901
- Allen v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911