Hannan v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals from the order denying its alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.

The plaintiff was driving a Ford northerly on Second avenue north in Minneapolis at 6 o’clock, a half hour after sunset, on October 18, 1920, and ran into the lowered safety gates of the defendant and was injured. The lights on her car were lighted and were in good condition. The accident was in a wholesale district. Traffic had substantially ceased. There were no distracting circumstances. The plaintiff was…