Lindholm v. Northwestern Pacific Railroad

An appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of nonsuit in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as a result of the alleged negligent acts of defendant’s employees.

The correctness of the trial court’s ruling on the motion for nonsuit depends mainly upon the determination of the question of whether appellant, at the time he received the injuries, was, as he claims, an invited licensee upon the premises where the accident occurred, or was, as the trial court declared by its judgment of nonsuit, “a trespasser or at best a bare licensee.”

The following are the facts:…