Mahowald v. Thompson-Starrett Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county by the special administratrix of the estate of Gebhardt Mahowald, deceased, to recover $7,500 for the death of her intestate.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county by the special administratrix of the estate of Gebhardt Mahowald, deceased, to recover $7,500 for the death of her intestate. The case was tried before Molyneaux, J., who when plaintiff rested granted the motion to dismiss the action as to defendant Hickey and denied the motion as to the other defendants, and a jury which returned a verdict against defendant company for $6,500. Defendant company’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied and its motion for a new trial was granted. From the order granting its motion for a new…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Action to recover damages for death by wrongful act. The jury properly found that the negligence of defendant was the proximate cause of the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, Gebhardt Mahowald, and that the damages sustained amounted, to $6,500. Defendant moved for a new trial, and plaintiff appeals from the order granting the same.
In addition to a denial of legal responsibility for the death of Mahowald the answer averred that he, the Barnard-Cope Manufacturing Company (his employer), and defendant were all under and bound by chapter 467, p. 675, Laws 1913, known as the Workmen’s…
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- Bryant v. FissellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1913
- State ex rel. Peoples Coal & Ice Co. v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Zabriskie v. Erie R. R. Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1914
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- Friebel v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1917
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