McGillivray v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county against defendant railway company and four individual defendants to recover $25,000 for personal injuries.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county against defendant railway company and four individual defendants to recover $25,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Hughes, J., who when plaintiff rested denied the motions of the several defendants to dismiss the action as to them, and at the close of the testimony denied the motion of the defendant company for a directed verdict, and granted the motion of the individual defendants to dismiss the action as to them, and a jury which returned a verdict for $6,500 against the company. From an order denying its motion for…
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
Action for personal injuries. There was a verdict for the plaintiil against the defendant Great Northern Eailway Company and in favor of the individual defendants. The Great Northern appeals from the order denying its alternative motion for judgment or a new trial. Its motion for a new trial or judgment and its notice of appeal were served upon the individual defendants and they appeared.
Prior to this action the plaintiff sued the defendant railway company *53for the injury of which he complains, alleging its negligence in allowing an accumulation of sand and gravel on the Alice crossing in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bakula v. SchwabWisconsin Supreme Court · 1918
- Akers v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- McGillivray v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
3Cited by6 opinions
- Kohler v. StephensNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1946
- Karr v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1937
- Central Indiana Railway Co. v. MitchellIndiana Court of Appeals · 1936
- Martin v. AckmanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
- Norton v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
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