Pettit v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Wright county. The case was tried before Jamison, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $4,000. From a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, C. J.2
Action brought for the benefit of the plaintiff's minor son, to recover damages for personal injuries to the son, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed.
A former appeal in this case was heard in this court, resulting-in a reversal of a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and the granting of .a new trial, on the ground that the evidence did not justify the verdict (58 Minn. 120, 59 N. W. 1082), to which reference is here made for a concise statement of the facts of the case.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pettit v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
3Cited by2 opinions
- Hjelm v. Western Granite Contracting Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Rauscher v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1922