Cornell v. Great Northern Ry. Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Musselshell County; Geo. P. Jones, Judge. Action by William D. Cornell against the Great Northern Bailway Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff and a denial of a new trial, defendants appeal. The Excessiveness of the Award: The plaintiff was sixty-seven years of age. This is a case, therefore, where practically the injured man’s working days were over.
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Appeal from District Court, Musselshell County; Geo. P. Jones, Judge. Action by William D. Cornell against the Great Northern Bailway Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff and a denial of a new trial, defendants appeal. The Excessiveness of the Award: The plaintiff was sixty-seven years of age. This is a case, therefore, where practically the injured man’s working days were over. It is a case almost without parallel in injury cases where the age of the plaintiff was so great. As far as any reported eases showing what awards have been given for similar injuries, it is absolutely…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
Plaintiff having recovered a judgment in the district court, defendant has appealed therefrom and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
For some five years prior to February 5, 1916, plaintiff had been in the employ of the defendant railway company (referred to hereafter as the company), as an engineer operating a stationary gasoline engine to furnish power for hoisting coal into the coal docks of the company and for pumping water into its water-tank at Cushman station, in Musselshell county. The defendant Hudgin was employed in the capacity of a pump repairer. It was his duty to…
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- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Robinson v. Helena Light & Ry. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1909
- White v. Chicago, M. & P. S. Ry. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1914
- Moyse v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1910
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