Drymala v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the district court for Ramsey county, where the action was tried before Brill, J., and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
The defendants, who were operating the railroad of the First Division of the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company, had the plaintiff in their employ as a laborer on a wood train. The train was in constant use, but had no regular running time. On February 24,1877, as it was running towards Willmar, the cars which formed part of it, and which were loaded with wood, were ditched, in consequence *41-of a rail having been taken up for repair of the track, and the plaintiff, who was attending the brakes, leaped to the ground for the purpose of saving himself, and broke his leg. He brings this action…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Flike v. . Boston and Albany R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Ford v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Lewis v. St. Louis & Iron Mountain RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- Bessex v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Foster v. Minnesota Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1869
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- Northern Pacific Railroad v. HerbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Peschel v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Brann v. C., R. I. & P. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. EatonIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Tierney v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
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