Hurley v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county by the administratrix of the estate of TJel L. Hurley, deceased, to recover $30,000 for the death of her interstate while in the employ of defendant. The case was tried before Hanft, J., who when plaintiff rested granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the action. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
Action to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. At the close of the testimony the action was dismissed on the motion of *103the defendant. The plaintiff appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.
The plaintiff grounds his action upon the Safety Appliance Act and the Federal Employer’s Liability Act. He claims that certain automatic couplers were defective, and that a coservant of the deceased was negligent in running cars against those about which the deceased was working. The deceased was killed in a railroad yard of the defendant at Paducah,…
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