Davis v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $30,000 for injuries sustained while in the employ of defendant as freight brakeman.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $30,000 for injuries sustained while in the employ of defendant as freight brakeman. Defendant obtained an order directing plaintiff to show cause why a temporary injunction should not be granted restraining him from proceeding with the action until the question was decided whether defendant was entitled to a permanent injunction in an action in Wisconsin which defendant had started to enjoin plaintiff from prosecuting this action in Minnesota. The matter was heard by Hale, J., who made findings and dissolved the temporary injunction…
1Opinion of the CourtSoiialler, J.
Plaintiff, a married man, native and resident of Wisconsin, was injured in that state while employed on defendant’s line of railway. The plaintiff at that time resided with his family in Winnebago county, Wisconsin, 12 miles from the county seat. The accident happened in Manitowoc county, 17 miles from its county seat. The state courts of both counties had jurisdiction of the parties and of the cause of action. The plaintiff removed to Minnesota., intending to bring an action here, and to evade the provisions of certain laws of Wisconsin, and not with the bona fide intention of becoming a…
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