Olson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Mower county to recover $2,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Kingsley, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum demanded. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The plaintiff, a woman of fifty nine years, was on November 11, 1903, a passenger on one of the trains of the defendant, and was in*242jured while alighting therefrom on its arrival at her destination — the village of Grand Meadow, this state. This action was brought to recover damages on account of her injuries, which were due, as she alleges in her complaint, to the negligence of the defendant in not stopping its train for a reasonable time to enable her safely to alight, and in suddenly starting the train while she was in the act of alighting. The defendant, by its answer, denied the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Steinbauer v. StoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- McBride v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- L'Herault v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
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