Kreuzer v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Otter Tail county to recover $15,-000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Searle, J., and a jury, which rendered, a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $8,000. On defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, the court made an order denying judgment but granting a new trial. From this order defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
The complaint in this (a personal injury) action alleges, in substance, these facts: The plaintiff on October 7, 1899, was, and had been for a number of years prior thereto, in the service of the defendant as a section hand. On the night of the day named he was engaged, as one of a crew of' men under the direction of the defendant’s division road master, in the work of clearing awáy a wreck on the railway track. Extraordinary haste was used in the execution of the work, and the plaintiff and others were directed by the road master to enter a wrecked freight car then on the track,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Blomquist v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Reiter v. Winona & St Peter RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Anderson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Kletschka v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
3Cited by9 opinions
- Jemming v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Kline v. Minnesota Iron Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Tay v. Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Kibbe v. Stevenson Iron Min. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Christiansen v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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