Carlson v. Duluth Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Actiou in the district court for St. Louis county by the administratrix of the estate of Gustaf Adolf Carlson, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of her intestate, due solely, as alleged, to the negligent acts of defendant.
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Actiou in the district court for St. Louis county by the administratrix of the estate of Gustaf Adolf Carlson, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of her intestate, due solely, as alleged, to the negligent acts of defendant. The answer alleged that plaintiff knew and appredated the dangers of driving on or near the track of defendant, but that notwithstanding the risks and his knowledge thereof he entered upon the track and continued thereon or near the same until his injury. The reply was a general denial. The case was tried before Ensign, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, caused, as she alleges, by the negligence of defendant. Plaintiff had a verdict, and defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
The accident complained of happened on defendant’s car line on Third street, near Eorty-Eifth Avenue West, in the city of Duluth, at a point midway between intersecting cross-streets, on November 27, 1907, at six o’clock in the evening. A head-on collision between defendant’s car and the vehicle driven by decedent resulted in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wosika v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Russell v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Balt v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
3Cited by6 opinions
- Elkins v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
- Moore v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- Geldert v. BoehlandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
- Peterson v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
- Johnson v. Minneapolis & St. Paul Suburban RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
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