Legal Opinion

Erickson v. St. Paul & Duluth Railroad

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided October 18, 1889PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, Holland, L, presiding, (acting for the judge of the 11th district,) refusing a new trial after verdict of $6,000 for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of those operating a train on defendant’s railway. As the settled case does not purport to contain all the evidence, many of defendant’s assignments of error cannot be considered. The only question really open for consideration is whether, upon the facts disclosed by the record, there was positive error in the instructions given to the jury at the request of the plaintiff, referred to in the sixth assignment of error. It appears from the evidence contained in the record that plaintiff was in the…

2Cited by40 opinions

  1. Stevens v. United Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
  2. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. HolcombIndiana Court of Appeals · 1894
  3. Coffeyville Vitrified Brick & Tile Co. v. ShanksSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  4. Anderson v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
  5. Sherrill v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905

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