Graham v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county by plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of Robert H. Graham, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of decedent. The case was tried before Pond, J., and a jury, which rendered ¿ verdict in favor of 'plaintiff for the sum demanded. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new’ trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Defendant company, as lessee, had the right to use certain of the Northern Pacific Railway Company’s tracks in Minneapolis. In that portion of the company’s yards involved in this case there was a certain switch shanty, a one-story building, 12x36 feet, for the use and benefit of yardmasters and switchmen, located south of the main tracks, and about five hundred feet east of the roundhouse, the north side of which was about-five feet south from the southerly rail of the eastbound main line track. Between the building and the track was a platform about four feet wide, upon which, standing…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Loucks v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Walker v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Hooper v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Westaway v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Rahman v. Minnesota & Northwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
3Cited by6 opinions
- Hardwick v. Wabash RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Schoen v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Cornell v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Raiolo v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Kotefka v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
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