Walker v. St. Paul City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Ramsey county to recover $10,000 damages for personal injuries. Tbe case was tried before Bunn, J., and a jury, wbicb rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,000. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding tbe verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
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Action in tbe district court for Ramsey county to recover $10,000 damages for personal injuries. Tbe case was tried before Bunn, J., and a jury, wbicb rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,000. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding tbe verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed. Defendant owed tbe duty to every person wbo might be'at tbe point in question intending to become a passenger to anticipate bis presence and tbe fact that be would be passing across in just tbe manner defendant bad provided for him, and to be on tbe lookout for him. It was its duty…
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Action for damages sustained by plaintiff while attempting to take passage on one of defendant’s Interurban cars. Plaintiff had a verdict. After motion for judgment upon the verdict, or for a new trial in the alternative, which was denied, defendant appeals.
In adopting the required inferences in favor of the verdict, the following facts must be accepted as true on this appeal: The Interurban electric line between St. Paul and Minneapolis runs over University avenue upon double tracks, the eastern-bound cars running on the south and the western-bound cars on the north track, making it…
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- Robinson v. Western Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
- Ernst v. . Hudson River Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Thurber v. . Harlem B., M. F.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus & Indianapolis Railway Co. v. HarringtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
- Shea v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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- Olson v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
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