Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 19, 1937No. Nos. 31,297, 31,298PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Loring, Justice.
In suits to recover for personal injuries and for loss of services both the minor plaintiff and his father recovered verdicts against the city and its driver, who on June 26, 1935, was in charge of the road-grading machine which injured the minor plaintiff. Both defendants have appealed from the order denying their alternative motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdicts or for a new trial.
The appellant city asserts that at the time the minor plaintiff was injured by its machinery the city was engaged in the performance of a governmental function and therefore was not…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Taulborg v. AndresenNebraska Supreme Court · 1930
- Olesen v. NorenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- McLeod v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- Pease v. GardnerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1915
- Hughes v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Coca Cola Bottling Co. Of Black Hills v. HubbardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- Bartleman v. HumphreySupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
- Niblock v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1941
- Knox v. City of Granite FallsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Audette v. LindahlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
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