Stendal v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county by the administrator of the estate of Clarence Eugene Stendal to recover $3,050. From an order, Brill, J., denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict of $400 in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county by the administrator of the estate of Clarence Eugene Stendal to recover $3,050. From an order, Brill, J., denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict of $400 in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed. Counsel cited Klix v. Nieman, 68 Wis. 271; Richards v. Connell, 45 Neb. 467; Clark v. Manchester, 62 N. H. 577; Frost v. Eastern, 64 N. H. 220; Overholt v. Vieths, 93 Mo. 422; Hargreaves v. Deacon, 25 Mich. 1; Moran v. Pullman, 134 Mo. 641; Barney v. Hannibal, 126 Mo. 372; Grindley v. McKechnie, 163 Mass. 494; Gay v. Essex,…
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
Action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. Verdict for the plaintiff for $400, and the defendant appealed from an order denying his alternative motion for judgment in his favor, notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial.
There is but little conflict in the evidence, and the facts (stating them as strongly for the plaintiff as the evidence will warrant) are substantially the following: The defendant since 1891 has been the owner of an uninclosed lot in the city of St. Paul, fronting 40 feet…
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