Kommerstad v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
After tbe former appeal reported in 120 Minn. 376, 139 N. W. 713, the case was tried'before Olsen, J., who denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for $5,000. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied, and its motion for a new trial was denied if plaintiff consented to a reduction of the verdict to $3,500. From the order denying these motions, defendant appealed.
1Per curiam
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged *506to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff had a verdict. Defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative motion.
The complaint was sustained as against a general demurrer upon a former appeal, the decision whereon is reported in 120 Minn. 376, 139 N. W. 713, and the facts which developed on the subsequent trial are as follows:
While plaintiff, a sectionman in defendant’s employ, was, pursuant to his duties, engaged in cutting grass on its right of way, some two rods from the track at a point about one…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kommerstad v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Seewald v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
3Cited by4 opinions
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