Knudson v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Polk county by the administratrix of the estate of Charles Knudson, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of her intestate. The substance of complaint and answer is stated in the opinion. The reply was a general denial. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict of $3,000 in favor of plaintiff. Erom an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The plaintiff’s husband and intestate, Charles Knudson, hereafter referred to as the intestate, was killed, on October 19, 1909, at eight o’clock in the evening, at a highway crossing near the village of Fisher, by the defendant’s engine and freight train. The plaintiff brought this action in the district court of the county of Polk to recover damages for his death, on the ground, as alleged in the complaint, that it was caused by the defendant’s negligence in failing to ring the bell or blow the whistle, or to display any proper and sufficient light on the engine as it approached the…
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