Bakkensen v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.

Action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while a passenger of the defendant. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The court granted the motion of the defendant for a new trial and later denied the plaintiff’s motion to vacate the order granting the new trial. The plaintiff appeals from both orders.

Defendant’s motion for a new trial was upon the grounds of insufficiency of the evidence and errors of law. An order granting a motion for a new trial, when there has not been a like order before because of insufficiency of evidence, after a first trial, made upon the grounds…