Kobe v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Morrison county, to recover damages for the killing of cattle by a locomotive of defendant, at a point where its track was not fenced. The defendant pleaded that the cattle came upon its track at a point within its depot grounds at Rovalton, which it was not required to fence.
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Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Morrison county, to recover damages for the killing of cattle by a locomotive of defendant, at a point where its track was not fenced. The defendant pleaded that the cattle came upon its track at a point within its depot grounds at Rovalton, which it was not required to fence. At the trial before Collins, J., there was a conflict of evidence as to where the cattle first came upon the track, and the court left it to the jury to find whether they came upon the track at a point where the company was required to fence, instructing them that…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
The statute requires every railroad company in the state to build and maintain good and'' sufficient cattle-guards at all wagon crossings, and good and substantial fences on each side of its road. Gen. St. 1878, c. 34, §§ 54, 55. In Greeley v. St. Paul, M. & M. Ry. Co., 33 Minn. 136, (22 N. W. Rep. 179,) this statute was held to be subject to an implied exception as to places required to be left open by public necessity or convenience, such as station or depot grounds, used for the exit or entrance of passengers, or the receipt and delivery of freight. But it was also held that this public…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Greeley v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
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