Tierney v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by the defendants, the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company and the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Company, from an order of the district court for Freeborn county, Farmer, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, after a verdict of $10,000 for plaintiff. A former appeal is reported 31 Minn. 234.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
It is admitted that the defendants jointly owned, maintained, and occupied a yard in common at Albert Lea, where trains were made up to be sent over their respective lines. The respondent had charge of the making up of night trains in the yard, and was injured in the course of his employment, while coupling cars, at about 3 o’clock in the morning of November 24, 18S2. A freight train had previously arrived from Minneapolis over the Minneapolis & St. Louis road, including, with others, a box car loaded with flour at that place and bound east. On its arrival it became plaintiff’s duty,…
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