Nash v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county by the administratrix of the estate of John Everett Nash, deceased, to recover $25,000 for the death of her intestate from injuries received while in the employ of defendant, and $125 for funeral expenses.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county by the administratrix of the estate of John Everett Nash, deceased, to recover $25,000 for the death of her intestate from injuries received while in the employ of defendant, and $125 for funeral expenses. The case was tried before Hanft, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for $18,000. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
John Everett Nash was a member of a crew, in defendant’s bridge and building department, which performed carpenter work and made repairs on the bridges and buildings on defendant’s branch line of railroad extending from Marshalltown in the state of Iowa to Story City in the same state. This crew had constructed a number of small outhouses at Mar-shalltown which were kept in stock ready to be erected wherever needed. They were directed to install one of these outhouses at the station of St. Anthony on this branch line, to take the place of the old outhouse then at that station. They…
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