Johnson v. Truesdale
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Hennepin county against defendant as receiver of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co., and operating its railway, to recover $ 10,000 for personal injuries. The plaintiff appeals from an order refusing a new trial after a trial before Hicks, J., and v.erdict directed for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The court directed a verdict for the defendant upon-the evidence presented at the trial. We are to decide whether the evidence was such that the jury would have been justified in returning a verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff was a trespasser on the railroad, -walking south between the rails of the main track, in the city of Minneapolis, when he was overtaken and struck by a locomotive with a train of cars going in the same direction on the same track. From the time he went on the track, at the distance of a block or a. block and a half north of the place of the accident, he did not…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Erickson v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Donaldson v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Village of Mankato v. WillardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1868
- Smith v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
3Cited by8 opinions
- Lando v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Campbell v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1895
- Sheehan v. St. Paul & D. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1896
- Asklund v. Chicago Great Western RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
- Studley v. St. Paul & Duluth R. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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