Croom v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company from an order of the District Court of Freeborn County, Buckham, J., made August 18, 1892, denying it a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The defendant accepted the plaintiff as a passenger on its train for transportation from Savannah, Ill., by way of Austin, Minn., to Wells, in this state.
He was aged eighty years, feeble, and infirm in mind and body, and hence required special care and assistance during his journey, of which fact the defendant was informed when it accepted him as a passenger by a letter from its station agent at Savannah, which accompanied his ticket, and was exhibited to each successive conductor on the train. The train reached Austin before daylight, about 4 o’clock in the morning. At that point it was…
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