Drown v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.

1 Reported in 271 N.W. 586. Appeal from an order denying plaintiff's motion for a new trial in a personal injury action after a directed verdict for defendant.

About one block beyond the Great Northern depot in Minneapolis, Hennepin avenue, coming from a northwesterly direction, merges into Nicollet avenue coming somewhat from the south. The two avenues then proceed as one very wide street, about 104 feet across, along the front of the depot and to a bridge crossing the Mississippi river, where they both narrow into one usual width street and become East Hennepin avenue. Streetcar tracks…