Legal Opinion

Belyea v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Sainte Marie Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 29, 1895No. Nos. 9056—(90)PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Grant county, O. L. Brown, J., denying a motion for a new trial.

1Opinion of the Court

CANTY, J.2

This is an action for damages for personal injury to the plaintiff while a passenger on defendant’s railroad. On the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for the sum of $8,000, and from an order denying its motion for a new trial defendant appeals.

Plaintiff was not entitled to recover the expenses incurred for medical treatment, as these were expenses' for which her husband, was liable, and for which she was not liable. See Skoglund v. Minneapolis St. R. Co., 45 Minn. 330, 47 N. W. 1071. But whether the exceptions to the rulings of the court on this point are sufficient…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Skoglund v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Busch v. Busch Construction, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
  2. Wells v. Minneapolis Baseball & Athletic Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  3. Eschenbach v. BenjaminSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935
  4. City of Shawnee v. SparksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  5. Morris v. Grand Avenue Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1898

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