Hedlund v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $26,509 for personal injury. The complaint alleged that, while in the act of driving his automobile in a prudent and careful manner over the street car tracks and while lawfully upon the street crossing, defendant negligently and wantonly, with full knowledge of the fact that plaintiff was upon the street, crossing its tracks, as he had a right to do, ran one of its electric cars at a very high and dangerous rate of…
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $26,509 for personal injury. The complaint alleged that, while in the act of driving his automobile in a prudent and careful manner over the street car tracks and while lawfully upon the street crossing, defendant negligently and wantonly, with full knowledge of the fact that plaintiff was upon the street, crossing its tracks, as he had a right to do, ran one of its electric cars at a very high and dangerous rate of speed, to-wit, 40 miles an hour, over said crossing and into plaintiff’s automobile; that by and through the motoneer…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff in a collision between an automobile driven by him and one of defendant’s street cars, at the intersection of Twenty-Second street and Chicago avenue, Minneapolis. Plaintiff recovered a verdict of $6,513.88. Defendant appeals from an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
The facts necessary to ah understanding of the questions involved here are as follows:
Chicago avenue runs north and south, and is crossed by Twenty-Second street at right angles and on the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Reem v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
3Cited by6 opinions
- Roach v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- Sassen v. HaegleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Travelers' Ins. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1932
- Lunz v. GordonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Person v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
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