Legal Opinion

Hoffman v. Northern Pacific Railroad

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 15, 1890PublishedCited by 10 opinions

•Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Crow Wing county, Searle, J., presiding, (acting for the judge of the 15th district,) refusing a new trial after a trial before Holland, J., and verdict of $300 for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.

This action is for the recovery of damages for an alleged assault and threatened expulsion of the plaintiff from a passenger train of the defendant. The facts are so nearly like those in Carsten against this same defendant, 44 Minn. 454, (47 N. W. Rep. 49,) our decision in which has been recently filed, that we refer to the report of that case both as stating substantially the facts of this case, except as herein otherwise stated, and as deciding some of the legal questions identical in both, and which will therefore not be particularly *54noticed here. This plaintiff got on the train at…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Groff v. RamseySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
  2. Carsten v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
  3. Carli v. Union Depot, Street Railway & Transfer Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Willson v. Northern Pacific RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Swaney v. CrawleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  3. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. WelchTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Vine v. CasmeySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
  5. Crea v. WuellnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952

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