Smith v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Blue Earth county, Severance, J., presiding, setting aside a verdict of $5,000 in her favor, and granting a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
This action is prosecuted under the statute to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff secured a verdict, but the court granted a new trial, assigning as one of the reasons therefor, in effect, that he did not consider that the verdict was justified by th'e evidence. From that order this appeal was taken. A part of the defendant’s line of railroad consists of a short section, extending from the depot in the city of Mankato, north-easterly, less than four miles, to a point on the main line called “Mankato Junction.”…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wood v. CullenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1868
- Cook v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Greene v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Hughes v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- Clark v. St. Paul & Sioux City RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
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3Cited by8 opinions
- St. Louis Cordage Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Lee v. St. Louis, Memphis & Southeastern RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. SchroederSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891
- Fisher v. PrairieSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Kansas City, M. & O. Ry. Co. v. BishopSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
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