Iltis v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Carver county, refusing a new trial after a trial before Edson, J., and verdict of $2,000 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
-The plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of one Happ, brought this action against defendant railway company, to recover damages for causing, through negligence, the death of his iritestate, in the month of June, 1886, and secured a verdict in the court below. From an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
The appellant’s main line of road rims through the village Of *274Chaska, easterly and westerly, and about 300 feet south of the brickyard of Eiedele & Sons, in which Happ had worked as a common laborer some two years when killed. A spur track, used solely for Eiedele & Sons, extends…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shaber v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Harris v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
3Cited by4 opinions
- Davis v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Hendrickson v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
- Halos v. NachbarSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. GarteiserCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895