Thompson v. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Mower county. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff and against defendant Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Company for $8,000. From an order, Whytock, J., denying a motion for a new trial on condition that plaintiff consent to a reduction of the verdict to $6,000, which condition plaintiff accepted, said defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Action to recover for personal injuries received in a collision between a passenger train operated by defendant Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Company and a freight operated by defendant Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, being the same collision in controversy in an action between these corporations considered by this court and reported in 56 Minn. 406, 57 N. W. 943. This plaintiff was fireman on the freight locomotive at the time of the disaster. The verdict in his favor was solely against the Kansas City road, and it appeals from an order denying a new trial if the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. TolsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Ry. Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- Thompson v. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898