Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $60,400 damages for personal injuries sustained while at work in defendant’s coal elevator. The case was tried before Kelly, J., who directed a verdict in favor of defendant. From an order refusing to set aside the verdict and to grant a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggarb, J.
Plaintiff and appellant, a servant of defendant and respondent railway company, sought to recover for personal injuries. At the close of the evidence the court directed'a verdict for defendant. This appeal 'was taken from an order refusing to set aside that verdict and to grant plaintiff a new trial.
Plaintiff’s work, for a period of about three months, had been to shovel coal into the coal buckets of an elevator operated by a gasolene engine in a concrete "building twelve feet square. For present purposes it must also be regarded as a fact that he was in charge of the engine. On this occasion…
2Cases cited84 opinions
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArchibaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Fitzgerald v. Connecticut River Paper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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- Mitton v. Cargill Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Hietala v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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