Opsahl v. Judd
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Washington county, Crosby, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. The case is stated in the opinion. The court erred in refusing to admit evidence as to the pecuniary loss which the next of kin to the deceased sustained by reason of his death. Railroad Co. v. Barron, 5 Wall. 90; McIntyre v. N. Y. C. R. Do., 37 N. Y. 287; Chicago, etc., R. Co. v. Shannon, 43 Ill. 338; Ewen v. Chicago & N. W. Ry.
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Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Washington county, Crosby, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. The case is stated in the opinion. The court erred in refusing to admit evidence as to the pecuniary loss which the next of kin to the deceased sustained by reason of his death. Railroad Co. v. Barron, 5 Wall. 90; McIntyre v. N. Y. C. R. Do., 37 N. Y. 287; Chicago, etc., R. Co. v. Shannon, 43 Ill. 338; Ewen v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co., 38 Wis. 613; Kansas P. R. Co. w. Cutler, 19 Kan. 83; March v. Walker, 48 Tex. 372; Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Wightman, 29 Gratt. 431;…
1Opinion of the Court
VandeRBüRgh, I.
This action is brought by plaintiff, who is the mother and administratrix of Ole Opsahl, deceased, to recover damages for his death, alleged to have been occasioned by the wrongful acts and negligence of defendants’ servants in the management of their steamboat, on which deceased was a passenger. It appears that on or about May 1, 1881, one Taenhauser chartered of defendants’ agents the steamboat in question for an excursion from Still-water to Taylor’s Falls, on the St. Croix river, in this state, on Sunday, May 15th, following; the same, however, to be run and managed by the…
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