Anderson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Grant county to recover $25,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while a passenger on defendant’s train. The case was tried before Flaherty, ]., and a jury which found a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $5,750. From the judgment entered thereon and from an order granting a motion to fix the fees of certain medical witnesses, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This was an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by respondent in a collision which occurred on appellant’s railway. Respondent recovered a verdict. Respondent made application to the trial court upon proper notice for the allowance of witness fees of certain physicians claimed to have been called as experts at the trial. This appeal involves the single question whether the court was in error in allowing the witnesses expert 'fees.
*185At the hearing here and in the court below appellant claimed that it was held in Le Mere v. McHale, 30 Minn. 410, 15 N. W. 682, that physicians could…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Le Mere v. McHaleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Philler v. Waukesha CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Bone v. Walsh Const. Co.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 1916
- Anderson v. FlorenceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970