McKnight v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Mower county, Farmer, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after a verdict of $300 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
.Dickinson, J.
The plaintiff, while engaged in the serviee of the defendant as a brak'eman on one of its freight trains, and while coupling a locomotive to one of the defendant’s stock-cars, had his hand caught between the draught-iron on the ear and that on the locomotive. For the injury thus caused he recovered a verdict in this action. This is an appeal from an' order refusing a new trial. The plaintiff ascribes the injury to three causes: First, a defect in the draught-iron or draw-head of the car; second, a defective condition of the engine; and, third, negligence in the operation of the…
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