Tegels v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Lyon county by the administrator of the estate of Stephen Tegels, deceased, to recover $5,200 for the death of his intestate. The answer admitted that one of defendant’s locomotives struck Stephen Tegels with such force and violence that he died shortly after, and alleged that his death was due to his own negligence. The reply was a general denial.
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Action in the district court for Lyon county by the administrator of the estate of Stephen Tegels, deceased, to recover $5,200 for the death of his intestate. The answer admitted that one of defendant’s locomotives struck Stephen Tegels with such force and violence that he died shortly after, and alleged that his death was due to his own negligence. The reply was a general denial. The case was tried before Olsen, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,250. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Green Valley is a flag station on the defendant’s line of railway. At about two o’clock in the morning of November 16, 1910, the deceased, who had been attending a dance in Green Valley, together with five other young men, left the dance hall and proceeded, on foot, towards the place where they had left their horses and vehicles, which was on the opposite and west side of the railroad track *33from the place where the dance was held, and near a crossing about 100 feet south of the station, where the track was intersected by a highway running east and west. Their course was diagonal from the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Fonda v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Star Mills v. BaileyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
- Knudson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Barnes v. Shreveport City RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- Hall v. City of AustinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Ross v. San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railways Co.California Court of Appeal · 1920
- M & M Securities Co. v. DirnbergerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
- Russell v. O'ConnorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Knott v. HawleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Lundeen v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915