Peterson v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.

Loring, Justice.

This case comes here on an appeal by the defendant from an order denying its motion for judgment or a new trial.

The plaintiff was injured while working for the city of Minneapolis in removing the block pavement from Nicollet avenue between Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh streets south in that city. He recovered a verdict for $6,788.75. The principal questions presented by this appeal are whether or not the evidence supports the jury’s findings of negligence on the part of the defendant, and whether or not as a matter of law the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence.…