Legal Opinion
Newcomb v. Meiss
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 3, 1962No. 38,317PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Murphy, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order denying a new trial and from a judgment in a personal injury action in which there was a verdict for the plaintiff. The appeal is primarily based on alleged prejudicial error in the court’s instructions to the jury.
Viewing the record in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, as we are required to do, it appears that one of the defendants, Leland Meiss, a resident of Gridly, Illinois, after completing high school came to Minneapolis in January 1957 to attend Humboldt Institute, where he took a railroad traffic course. At that time he was 18…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cameron v. EvansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Barnes v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Manion v. TweedySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- American Employers Insurance v. Goble Aircraft Specialties, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1954
- Lott v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Farmers Insurance Exchange v. SippleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
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