Adams v. City of Thief River Falls
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Red Lake county against defendant city, and Great Northern Railway Company, to recover $15,000 damages for personal injuries.
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Action in the district court for Red Lake county against defendant city, and Great Northern Railway Company, to recover $15,000 damages for personal injuries. Upon the trial before Watts, J., and a jury, the action was dismissed as to the railway company and a verdict was rendered against defendant city for $5,000. From an order denying a motion for judgment in its favor, notwithstanding the verdict, and denying a motion for a new trial upon condition that plaintiff consent to a reduction of the verdict to $3,500, defendant city appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Action to recover damages against defendants jointly for injuries sustained by plaintiff while riding in a two-seated spring wagon driven upon a public highway in the city of Thief River Falls, on the ground that the railroad company had constructed and maintained its railway over such highway in a negligent manner, without restoring the same to its previous condition of usefulness for public travel, and against the city for its negligence in the maintenance of such highway after knowledge of its defective condition. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the court dismissed the action against…
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