Schoen v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county against Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company and Theo. Hamm Brewing Company to recover $20,500 for personal injuries caused by defendants’ careless operation of a switch engine across Reaney street in St. Paul.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county against Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company and Theo. Hamm Brewing Company to recover $20,500 for personal injuries caused by defendants’ careless operation of a switch engine across Reaney street in St. Paul. The complaint alleged that defendants negligently and wantonly operated their engine and cars in approaching Reaney street and a path on which plaintiff was, without giving any warning of its approach, with full knowledge of plaintiff’s position ■and the work he was engaged in, and in failing to have a man on the…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Beien, J.
Plaintiff was employed as janitor by defendant brewing company, and was run over by a switch engine owned by the defendant railway company where certain tracks devoted exclusively to the use of the brewing company crossed Reaney street, a public street of St. Paul. The brewing plant consisted of several buildings, some of which were separated by public streets. Between these buildings railroad tracks for the use of the brewing company had been constructed upon land owned by it; the track materials being the property of the railway company. The contract between these defendant companies in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Schneider v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Mikkelson v. TruesdaleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Nichols v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Lewis v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Tay v. Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
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