Clapper v. Dickinson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tlie district court for Hennepin county against the receiver of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company to recover $50,000 for injuries received while in the employ of that company. The case was tried before Molyneaux, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $23,000, and answered in the affirmative the five questions specified in the third paragraph of the opinion.
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Action in tlie district court for Hennepin county against the receiver of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company to recover $50,000 for injuries received while in the employ of that company. The case was tried before Molyneaux, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $23,000, and answered in the affirmative the five questions specified in the third paragraph of the opinion. Prom an order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific Bailway Company, a corporation organized under the laws oí the state of Illinois, operates a line of railroad in and through several adjoining states, as such is engaged in interstate commerce, and subject to the Federal Safety Appliance Act. Defendant Dickinson is operating the road as receiver. Plaintiff was in its employ as a switching foreman at Moline, Illinois, and at the time in question was engaged with other employees in making up trains for the interstate service of the company. He received an injury while engaged in such work, by reason of the…
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- Elwood v. SaterlieSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
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