Riley v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff and intervenor, Fire Association of Philadelphia, from an order of the district court for Winona county, Gould, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
BüOK, J.
The plaintiff was the renter of a farm upon which were situate a barn, hay, farm implements, machinery, and straw stack, which he alleges were set on fire by the defendant’s locomotive engine through its'negligent operation, and by reason of its being out of repair. The property was insured by the intervenor insurance company in the sum of $500, which it paid plaintiff, and it was then permitted to intervene in the action.
Before the trial the defendant’s attorney filed a demand for a struck jury, and notice was given to the attorneys for the plaintiff and intervenor that the jury…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lommen v. Minneapolis Gaslight Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
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