State ex rel. Bossung v. District Court of Hennepin County
Supreme Court of Minnesota
TJpon tbe petition of Ella S. Bossung, as administratrix of the estate of Henry Bossung, deceased, the supreme court granted its order directing the district court of Hennepin county and Honorable Joseph W. Molyneaux, judge thereof, to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not issue commanding him to proceed with the trial of an action pending in his court, in which action petitioner was plaintiff and the Hnion Pacific Railroad Company was defendant.
1Per curiam
The relator is administratrix of her husband who was killed in a collision between an automobile in which he was riding and a train of the Hnion Pacific Railroad Company at a public crossing in Lexington, Nebraska, on March 31, 1917. On August 2, 1917, she commenced an action in Hennepin county, Minnesota, to recover damages for his death upon a cause of action given by the Nebraska statute. Issues were joined and the action was set for trial on February 18, 1918. On February 2, 1918, the Hnion Pacific Company commenced an action in Nebraska to enjoin the relator from prosecuting the…
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