Rogers v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Freeborn county by. plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Edward McGillan, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of decedent. The action was tried before Kingsley, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $4,000. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
This is an action by an administrator to recover damages for the death of Edward McGillan, a switchman in the defendant’s yards at Albert Eea. McGillan was killed February 13, 1904, while engaged in separating an engine from a mail car. The plaintiff claims that death was caused by the act of an employee of the defendant in negligently backing an engine upon the "deceased. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed from an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial.
The only question presented by the record is whether the…
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