Langdon v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one by Oavour S. Langdon, as guardian of Bertha Shaw Blakeley, an incompetent person, to recover $50,000 for personal injuries, and the other by Frank D. Blakeley, to recover $40,000 for personal injuries and $10,000 for the loss of the services and society of his wife.
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Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one by Oavour S. Langdon, as guardian of Bertha Shaw Blakeley, an incompetent person, to recover $50,000 for personal injuries, and the other by Frank D. Blakeley, to recover $40,000 for personal injuries and $10,000 for the loss of the services and society of his wife. The cases were tried together before Dickinson, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the first action for $83,615.37, and in the second action for $16,026.15. From orders denying defendant’s motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
These two actions, brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant, were consolidated and tried together in the court below resulting in verdicts for plaintiffs. Defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.
On November 20, 1908, at about seven o’clock in the evening, plaintiffs, husband and wife, were proceeding from their residence in the city of Minneapolis, in a cab or closed carriage, hired by the husband for the particular occasion, to the residence of a neighbor residing a short…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Shea v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Corrigan v. ElsingerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Graves v. BonnessSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Holmgren v. Twin City Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Smith v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Powell v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
- McDonald v. Mesaba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- Mullen v. DevenneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Larson v. R. B. Wrigley Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1931