Kapsotes v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $30,000 for personal injuries received while in the employ of defendant. The case was tried before Ensign, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $400. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
Plaintiff was one of a crew engaged in taking up and removing rails from the track in defendant’s yard at Kelly Lake. The rails weighed *436seven or eight hundred pounds each, and were connected together by clip plates upon each side, bolted to the ends of the adjoining rails. The crew were being hurried by the roadmaster and foreman, and when they reached the last rail to be removed, one end of which was connected to the adjoining rail by the clip plates, they removed the bolts which fastened the clip plates to this rail and, by direction of the roadmaster, attempted to pull it out…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Heydman v. Red Wing Brick Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Burmister v. P. C. Giguere & SonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Fieck v. Chicago Great Western RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Grussing v. BingerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962