Christiansen v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Freeborn county against defendant railway company and William Murtaugh to recover $1,500 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Kingsley, J., who denied a motion to dismiss the case at the close of plaintiff’s testimony and denied a motion to direct a verdict for defendant railway company.
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Action in the district court for Freeborn county against defendant railway company and William Murtaugh to recover $1,500 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Kingsley, J., who denied a motion to dismiss the case at the close of plaintiff’s testimony and denied a motion to direct a verdict for defendant railway company. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,000. From an order denying the motion of defendant corporation for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed. Plaintiff was injured by the act of a fellow servant and was…
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
Thomas Christiansen, the respondent, recovered a verdict in a personal injury action against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company and one of its employees, named William Murtaugh, and the defendant railway appealed from an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
Christiansen and Murtaugh were members of a crew of workmen in the employ of the railway company, and were engaged in lining up and repairing the railway track, which was being largely reconstructed. *343While working with four other men, Christiansen was caused to fall on a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Clark v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Jemming v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Blomquist v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- O'Niel v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Pearson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Janssen v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Bartels v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Merrill v. Minneapolis & St. L. Ry. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
- Pylaczinski v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912