King v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Mower county to recover $2,000 for ■personal injuries. The case was tried before Whytock, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,000; and from a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, C. J.1
At about 11 o’clock of the morning of October 9, 1896, the plaintiff, while in the act of driving his team over a public-highway crossing of the defendant’s railway tracks in the village of Blooming Prairie, this state, was struck and injured, his horses killed, and his wagon destroyed by the defendant’s locomotive attached to a freight train. He brought this action to recover the damages so sustained. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff’s injuries were caused without any negligence on his part, but solely by the negligence of the defendant in running the locomotive over the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Johnson v. Northwestern Tel. Exch. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Johnson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
3Cited by6 opinions
- King v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Swanson v. OakesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Auto-Owners Insurance Co. v. SeliskerCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1989
- Coleman v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Thomas v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
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