Lawson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.

Taylor, C.

On the morning of June 29, 1927, one of defendant’s passenger trains going west collided with a truck driven by Hans E. Nickel-son at a grade crossing on Twenty-first avenue west in the city of Duluth, Minnesota. Nickelson was killed, and Edward Paquette, riding with him, was injured. One action was brought to recover for the_ death, and another to recover for the damages to the truck. They were tried together and resulted in verdicts for defendant. Motions for new trials were made and denied, and the plaintiffs appealed.

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