Messenger v. St. Paul City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county against the St. Paul City Railway Company and the Twin City Rapid Transit Company to recover $9,000 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Bunn, J., and a jury. On motion of defendant the case was dismissed against the Twin City Rapid Transit Company.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county against the St. Paul City Railway Company and the Twin City Rapid Transit Company to recover $9,000 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Bunn, J., and a jury. On motion of defendant the case was dismissed against the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $875; and from an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
CANTY, J.1
The corporate limits of Minneapolis and St. Paul join. A street-railway line extends from the business center of one city to the business center of. the other, known as the “Interurban Line.” This line is nearly ten miles long; a-little less than three miles of it being within the corporate limits of Minneapolis, and the other seven miles within the corporate limits of St. Paul. The part in Minneapolis is owned by the Minneapolis Street Railway Company, and the part in St. Paul by the St. Paul City Railway Company. Each company procured its franchise from the city in which its part…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Voge v. PenneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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