Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Lowell
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUXT COURT., OF THE UNITED STATES ¿OR THE ' DISTRICT 0¿ MINNESOTA. , This was an action at law for personal injuries received by the plaintiff Lowell while crossing the track of the defendant at Ridgeway station,.within the limits of the city of St. Paid.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUXT COURT., OF THE UNITED STATES ¿OR THE ' DISTRICT 0¿ MINNESOTA. , This was an action at law for personal injuries received by the plaintiff Lowell while crossing the track of the defendant at Ridgeway station,.within the limits of the city of St. Paid. It appeals-by tlie bill of exceptions that the folio wing facts were established by the evidence: ■ The defendant, on the 17th day of March, 18S9, was a common carrier of passengers for hire, and was on that day operating a railroad between St-. Paul and Minneapolis. One of the stations on the-road was Ridgewood- Park, within…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Practically the only question in this case is whether the evidence so clearly showed the plaintiff to have been guilty of contributory negligence as to entitle the defendant, as matter of law, to an instruction to the jury to return a verdict in its favor.-
It was not seriously contended that the defendant was free from fault in failing to stop its train, in' compliance with its own rule, which demanded’that “ when a train is standing on a double track for passengers, trains from the opposite direction will come to a full stop, with the engines opposite to each other, and proceed slowly until…
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