Jones v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $22,075 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Kelly, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,000. From an order granting a motion for judgment in favor of defendant notwithstanding the verdict, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, J.2
Plaintiff was a brakeman in defendant’s employ upon a train in which were several flat cars, loaded with cord wood, piled in two rows, lengthwise, on each car. At each end of these rows were two upright stakes, which served to keep the wood in place. The lower ends of these stakes rested in iron sockets fastened on a level with the car floor, four by five inches in diameter. It was the usual custom of brakemen when ascending to or descending from the top of these piles or rows as they made their way from one car to another, to seize and rely upon these stakes, which were always…
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