Hutchins v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff, as administrator of William Ferguson, brought this action in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover damages for alleged negligence of defendant resulting in the death of his intestate. At the trial before Smith, J., the plaintiff had a verdict of $3,500. The defendant appeals from an order refusiug a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This was an action under the statute to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant. Gen. St. 1878, c. 77, § 2. Plaintiff’s letters of administration were issued by the probate court of Hennepin county, in which the deceased received the injuries of which he there died. The gist of defendant’s first and second assignments of error is that the probate court had no jurisdiction to direct administration, because the deceased was not an inhabitant of this state, and left no assets therein. See Gen. St. 1878, c. 49, § 2. Without now…
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