Lundquist v. Duluth Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, Morris, J., denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The defendant is a street-railway corporation, and operates a double-track street-railway line upon Superior street, in the city of Duluth. On July 10, 1894, the plaintiff, while at work as the servant of the defendant repairing its tracks on that street, was struck and injured by one of its cars which was then being operated along its tracks. He brought this action to recover damages for such injury, alleging in his complaint that it was due to the defendant’s negligence. At the trial, the defendant, upon the pleadings and certain admissions made by the plaintiff, moved the court to dismiss…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Randall v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Funk v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Erickson v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Johnson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- Fleming v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
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