Bishop v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court of Ramsey county, Kelli/, J., made June 30, 1891, refusing a new trial. Action to recover for injuries received by plaintiff, January 27, 1888, while a passenger upon defendant’s Selby avenue cable line. The trailer in which he rode was going east, and was overturned near the foot of the hill on the curve into Third street. Plaintiff was standing at the time, holding himself steady by a hand strap.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court of Ramsey county, Kelli/, J., made June 30, 1891, refusing a new trial. Action to recover for injuries received by plaintiff, January 27, 1888, while a passenger upon defendant’s Selby avenue cable line. The trailer in which he rode was going east, and was overturned near the foot of the hill on the curve into Third street. Plaintiff was standing at the time, holding himself steady by a hand strap. He was thrown down and injured about his head, but soon went about his business. On September 5, 1888, paralysis supervened, involving the…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
1. Attention will first be directed to the point as to whether the evidence justified the conclusion of the jury that the defendant was chargeable with negligence in respect to the conditions which resulted in the accident complained of. This occurred on the 27th day of January, 1888, on the defendant’s cable line of street railway, which had been put in operation for the carrying of passengers only two days before. The motive power by which cars were propelled was a stationary steam engine at the “power house,” as it is called, at the western terminus of the line. An endless wire cable,…
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